as in higher education
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Recent Examples of higher learning
International students helped buoy American universities after the Great Recession
In recent decades, international enrollment has shaped, and in some places transformed, higher learning across the country.
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Kevin Carey, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Mercury in Gemini activates your exotic ninth house of higher learning, travel and philosophy.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 25 May 2025
Now, the law would only apply to cities with populations of less than 250,000 that are home to an institute of higher learning with an enrollment of more than 20,000 students.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2025
The ban, now on emergency pause by Burroughs, already has shaken some of the world’s brightest thinkers at a school often heralded as a premier global hub of higher learning.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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Kevin Carey, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Mercury in Gemini activates your exotic ninth house of higher learning, travel and philosophy.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 25 May 2025
Now, the law would only apply to cities with populations of less than 250,000 that are home to an institute of higher learning with an enrollment of more than 20,000 students.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2025
The ban, now on emergency pause by Burroughs, already has shaken some of the world’s brightest thinkers at a school often heralded as a premier global hub of higher learning.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher learning
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With an open conversation about affordability, the next step is to explore what affordability means in higher education.—
Robert Cole,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Another incentive used to entice potential spies is higher education in a foreign country.—
Yossi Melman,
ProPublica,
7 Aug. 2025
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To teach kids to play the role of C, educators must focus less on teaching and more on creating a space for kids to ask.—
Pia Lauritzen,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The group has pushed to allow families to use public grands for private school tuition and repeal the Blaine Amendment, a part of the Idaho Constitution that forbids taxpayer money to be used for religious teachings.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Higher learning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20learning. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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