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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But higher education is only getting more expensive.
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 24 June 2025
In a 2023 report including Boelter’s name, the board recommended policies including more collaboration between job programs and higher education and more support for immigrant job programs.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 22 June 2025
For too long, the national conversation about innovation, the future of higher education, and economic growth has been dominated by a handful of colleges and universities largely based in coastal power centers.
—Walter Carter, Time, 21 June 2025
The state’s chief manufacturing officer is leaving his job to go into higher education.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2025
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 24 June 2025
In a 2023 report including Boelter’s name, the board recommended policies including more collaboration between job programs and higher education and more support for immigrant job programs.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 22 June 2025
For too long, the national conversation about innovation, the future of higher education, and economic growth has been dominated by a handful of colleges and universities largely based in coastal power centers.
—Walter Carter, Time, 21 June 2025
The state’s chief manufacturing officer is leaving his job to go into higher education.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2025
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“Higher education.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/higher%20education. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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