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Recent Examples of higher learning
Now, the law would only apply to cities with populations of less than 250,000 that are home to an institute of higher learning with an enrollment of more than 20,000 students.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2025
The ban, now on emergency pause by Burroughs, already has shaken some of the world’s brightest thinkers at a school often heralded as a premier global hub of higher learning.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Mercury in Gemini activates your exotic ninth house of higher learning, travel and philosophy.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 25 May 2025
International students helped buoy American universities after the Great Recession
In recent decades, international enrollment has shaped, and in some places transformed, higher learning across the country.
—Kevin Carey, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2025
The ban, now on emergency pause by Burroughs, already has shaken some of the world’s brightest thinkers at a school often heralded as a premier global hub of higher learning.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Mercury in Gemini activates your exotic ninth house of higher learning, travel and philosophy.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 25 May 2025
International students helped buoy American universities after the Great Recession
In recent decades, international enrollment has shaped, and in some places transformed, higher learning across the country.
—Kevin Carey, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher learning
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Challenges for youth and higher education Much of Musk’s framing leans on a tenuous claim that universities and campus environments contribute to ideological radicalization.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Taking drastic measures against AI in higher education is not about embracing Luddism, which is generally a losing proposition.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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True to a Norv Turner teaching point, Herbert and Smith wing it far without elongating their delivery.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Laurie Maddalena didn't begin her career teaching leadership.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Higher learning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20learning. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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