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Recent Examples of higher learning
American higher learning is considered among the best in the world, but recent rankings show the top of the food chain may be changing.
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Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 10 Feb. 2026
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
Osefo, a woman of multiple degrees and a proponent of higher learning, stars in The Real Housewives of Potomac, which premiered last Sunday on Bravo.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
So congratulations to Claremont McKenna College for cramming hard and rightfully becoming teacher’s pet as the only institute of higher learning in the nation to score better than a C in an evaluation of their free speech policies.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025
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Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 10 Feb. 2026
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
Osefo, a woman of multiple degrees and a proponent of higher learning, stars in The Real Housewives of Potomac, which premiered last Sunday on Bravo.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
So congratulations to Claremont McKenna College for cramming hard and rightfully becoming teacher’s pet as the only institute of higher learning in the nation to score better than a C in an evaluation of their free speech policies.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher learning
Noun
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How well they are educated, prepared for higher education or the job market, will be a big factor determining whether California’s economy, and thus its socioeconomic whole, succeeds or fails.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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Maduko was put on administrative leave from his post as leader of the state’s higher education system that includes 12 community colleges, four state universities and Charter Oak State College on April 23.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
27 May 2026
Noun
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While his previous rosters were ready-made, this one required more teaching.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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The program combines the strengths of collaborators to enrich teaching and learning of STEM while building the workforce of the future.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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“Higher learning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20learning. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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