as in education
attendance as a student at a college or university
Students and their parents worry about the rising cost of higher education.
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Recent Examples of higher education
Hendricks eventually obtained a Ph.D. in higher education administration while also interning in the Auburn athletic department.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025
Another priority is both early and higher education.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2025
Republicans have floated industry-destroying ideas like taxing college and university scholarships as income, which would instantaneously blow up thousands of budgets in higher education and impoverish millions of students.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
The program will include workshops for college applications, informational sessions on college funding and discussions of higher education opportunities in Florida.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025
Another priority is both early and higher education.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2025
Republicans have floated industry-destroying ideas like taxing college and university scholarships as income, which would instantaneously blow up thousands of budgets in higher education and impoverish millions of students.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
The program will include workshops for college applications, informational sessions on college funding and discussions of higher education opportunities in Florida.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher education
Noun
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With some Black History Month activities being scaled back by the federal government, history and education organizations are ramping up efforts to fill the void.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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With the rise of Black education through HBCUs, vocational schools, and trade programs, Black women began to leverage their expertise in home economics into entrepreneurial ventures.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 Feb. 2025
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Critics said the move depletes the government of vital data sources on American schooling and all but decimated the agency’s research division.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
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President Donald Trump and Republicans have also voiced a desire to use their congressional majorities to overhaul higher education and create a federal tax credit program that would help families nationwide pay for private schooling. Democrats, meanwhile, are trying to figure out how to stop him.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2025
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Institutions would be prohibited from recovering their budget reductions from tuition increases or other state funds, except for the costs of teaching out students enrolled in programs to be phased out.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
3 Feb. 2025
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In October, Clemson University’s board of trustees voted for the first ever to implement a $150-per-semester mandatory tuition fee for athletics.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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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
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Jupiter, on the other hand, is the planet of expansion, wisdom and higher learning.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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Cameron started his teaching career at R. T. Coles Vocational School and taught at Lincoln High School before landing a position heading the language and literature department at Penn Valley Community College.—
Mará Rose Williams,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2025
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After the war, Stimson returned to Columbia University to resume operating and teaching.—
Catherine Musemeche,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Higher education.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20education. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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