higher education

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Recent Examples of higher education Instead, Democrats—backed by the governor—ignored it, choosing to funnel money into higher education. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2025 Officials have called for higher education institutions to expand downtown, on the belief that a steady student presence there will boost a district struggling with vacant properties and lower-than-normal foot traffic. Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025 In higher education, insight is power — and emerging technologies are providing it in real time. Rhett Power, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025 It is currently controlled by Galileo Global Education Italia, the Italian branch of the international private higher education company GGE, and enrolls an average of 5,000 students from 108 different countries every year. Sandra Salibian, WWD, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for higher education
Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher education
Noun
  • The experience also underscored the power of education and awareness in challenging existing stigmas and encouraging people to think differently.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • This concerted expansion of secondary education boosted productivity, which grew very rapidly over the 1920s and 1930s.
    Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The current sanctuary law, passed in 2017 in response to the previous Trump administration's policies, is similar to others across the country meant to allow immigrants to access police and health care services, as well as schooling, without fear of being handed over to ICE.
    Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Additionally, if a child has a disability, developmental disorder, or other unique needs, parents may face extra costs—especially if their child requires specialized schooling or services, says Rivera.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Aside from grants, the school does not rely on outside funding and is mostly run on tuition fees and fundraising.
    Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Many older people point to past tuition and other school costs and ask why younger generations don’t step up and pay their bills.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • March kicks off with Venus retrograde in your ninth house of philosophical growth and higher learning.
    Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The legal complexities of the issue have now landed at the doorstep of elementary schools, middle school classrooms, high schools and halls of higher learning.
    Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Climbing out of the poverty of her upbringing, Frame studied to be a schoolteacher but was hospitalized in her early twenties, after a suicide attempt provoked by the anxiety of her teaching assessment.
    Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
  • As part of his teaching, the court heard that Westwood talked to one teenager, who was raped, about a masturbation scene from Bridgerton.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025

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