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
Pharmacists, myopia, trust in higher education and Bill Belichick, in readers’ eyes.
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Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2026
However, a quiet crisis persists in higher education in which unpaid or underpaid internships function as barriers, not bridges, for students who cannot afford to work without income.
—Adam Hasner, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
Staff recommended appointing three public members representing perspectives from the business and innovation sector, national and higher education, and students.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
The winners will be notified in spring, and scholarships will be sent directly to the higher education institution selected by the winning students.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
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Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2026
However, a quiet crisis persists in higher education in which unpaid or underpaid internships function as barriers, not bridges, for students who cannot afford to work without income.
—Adam Hasner, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
Staff recommended appointing three public members representing perspectives from the business and innovation sector, national and higher education, and students.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
The winners will be notified in spring, and scholarships will be sent directly to the higher education institution selected by the winning students.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher education
Noun
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Nurses may be categorized by their levels of education.—
Metro Creative Services,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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The authors of the October paper stress that coaches and players need more education about the possible hazards for carriers of the sick-cell trait.—
Roxanne Khamsi,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2026
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An education advocate, Jackson founded the PUSH/Excel program to motivate Black and impoverished students to achieve excellence through schooling.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Feb. 2026
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But when the remote schooling era of the pandemic ended, the education field should have taken it as an opportune moment to audit digital use in classrooms, said David Stein, president of Montgomery County Education Association, a local teachers’ union in Maryland.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
16 Feb. 2026
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The woman who met Epstein and Maxwell in the late '90s and spoke to NPR recently said Epstein went on to pay her tuition for Interlochen's year-round boarding school and offered to also finance her attendance at a top-tier conservatory after graduation.—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2026
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Harvard was offering a financial aid package that covered full room and board and tuition.—
Lloyd Blankfein,
Vanity Fair,
19 Feb. 2026
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American higher learning is considered among the best in the world, but recent rankings show the top of the food chain may be changing.—
Justin Klawans,
TheWeek,
10 Feb. 2026
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With Neptune entering Aries on January 26th, your sector of travel, higher learning, spirituality, and belief systems is activated for the next thirteen years.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
25 Jan. 2026
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Another day might be split between classrooms — co-teaching, modeling classroom management strategies or observing first-year teachers.—
Kathryn Muchnick,
Louisville Courier Journal,
20 Feb. 2026
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The board then considered eliminating 14 preschool teaching positions and five coordination positions, one of which is vacant.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Higher education.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20education. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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