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More broadly, studies on high-income economies consistently show that tertiary education is one of the drivers of productivity and long-term GDP growth.
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Ethan Stone, USA Today, 18 May 2026
The country’s tertiary education sector is really one of the U.S.’s enduring success stories.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 25 Mar. 2026
The demonstrators have brought up a range of issues, including poverty and the cost of living, access to tertiary education, and alleged corruption and embezzlement of public funds by government officials, as well as their families and associates.
—NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
Women now make up over half of all students enrolled in tertiary education worldwide, and these young women are pursuing careers in engineering, technology, and innovation at record rates.
—Dayana Sarkisova, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
People with specific intracranial injuries had lower attainment in tertiary education than people with concussions.
—New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2025
And diversifying what those colleges looked like; new forms of tertiary education, from commuter schools and junior colleges (today’s community colleges) to for-profit vocational colleges, either developed or proliferated.
—Adrian Daub / Made By History, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024
This stands in glaring contrast with the faster-growing economies of Brazil and India, in which laborers with a tertiary education account for less than 10 percent of the workforce.
—Masoud Movahed, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2015
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Ethan Stone, USA Today, 18 May 2026
The country’s tertiary education sector is really one of the U.S.’s enduring success stories.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 25 Mar. 2026
The demonstrators have brought up a range of issues, including poverty and the cost of living, access to tertiary education, and alleged corruption and embezzlement of public funds by government officials, as well as their families and associates.
—NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
Women now make up over half of all students enrolled in tertiary education worldwide, and these young women are pursuing careers in engineering, technology, and innovation at record rates.
—Dayana Sarkisova, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
People with specific intracranial injuries had lower attainment in tertiary education than people with concussions.
—New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2025
And diversifying what those colleges looked like; new forms of tertiary education, from commuter schools and junior colleges (today’s community colleges) to for-profit vocational colleges, either developed or proliferated.
—Adrian Daub / Made By History, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024
This stands in glaring contrast with the faster-growing economies of Brazil and India, in which laborers with a tertiary education account for less than 10 percent of the workforce.
—Masoud Movahed, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2015
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“Tertiary education.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tertiary%20education. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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