higher education

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Recent Examples of higher education Would that all higher education leaders stand with him. John T. Shaw, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025 Residents, in general, say otherwise because of beaches and mountains on each end of the state; the choice of 68 four-year universities for higher education, including 16 in the UNC System, and a 58-campus system of community colleges; and the 80-20 mix of rural and urban counties to call home. Alan Wooten, The Washington Examiner, 10 July 2025 Qualified Expenses are payments for: qualified higher education, qualified post-secondary credentialing, amounts paid to a small business for which the beneficiary has obtained a small business loan or small farm loan, and amounts paid for the purchase of a first home. Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025 There are about 57,000 higher education students in Texas, second only to California, according to estimates by Inside Higher Ed. Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 6 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for higher education
Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher education
Noun
  • With financial struggles and worries often cited as reasons for people having fewer children, solutions often focus on calling for policies that include making child care, health care, housing and education more accessible.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
  • Pulling the plug on these dollars is likely to impact rural stations the most, which feed information, entertainment and education to isolated communities.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • These needs arise from our birth, parents, schooling, society, values, beliefs and loved ones since our childhood.
    Sonal Jain, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Those healthy enough were put through a daily regimen of religious education and physical schooling intended to train them to be pious and obedient.
    Ann Foster, JSTOR Daily, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • The University of Wisconsin System will raise tuition for the third consecutive year.
    Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 10 July 2025
  • Trustees are scheduled to convene on July 23 to discuss raising out-of-state tuition, but the meeting agenda has not been made available to the public yet.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Gemini Season activates your sector of expansion, travel, and higher learning for the first three weeks.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 May 2025
  • But that won’t prevent real harm to students and higher learning.
    Kevin Carey, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Noun
  • In addition to the indoor spaces and rooftop garden, the campus also has a 2,000-square-foot teaching garden, electric bike charging stations and trails connecting to the Crystal Bridges campus.
    Miceala Morano, Arkansas Online, 18 July 2025
  • More than 70 percent of new teachers who are career changers require additional education in methods and theories of teaching, according to the superintendent.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025

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“Higher education.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20education. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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