higher education
noun
: education beyond the secondary level
especially
: education provided by a college or university
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Students and their parents worry about the rising cost of higher education.
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Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine who led the study and is now the director of the StopHazing Research Lab, said a new online survey is expected to be conducted and published in 2026.
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Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
Ryan Anderson covers higher education across the state.
—Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 2 May 2025
Crow also sees a lack of differentiation as a further threat to higher education.
—Bryan Penprase, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Residents have also protested several times against Trump’s threats of mass deportations, and students and faculty at universities across the state have protested the Trump administration’s funding cuts to higher education.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
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Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
Ryan Anderson covers higher education across the state.
—Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 2 May 2025
Crow also sees a lack of differentiation as a further threat to higher education.
—Bryan Penprase, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Residents have also protested several times against Trump’s threats of mass deportations, and students and faculty at universities across the state have protested the Trump administration’s funding cuts to higher education.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
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“Higher education.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/higher%20education. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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