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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
This is true in all policy areas, but especially in higher education.
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Andy Smarick, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
Bass, despite never completing higher education, was an avid reader, and sharp.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
Some major private donors are withdrawing contributions in disgust, and the federal and some state governments, as well as the courts, have attacked higher education’s administrative bloat and anti-merit DEI policies.
—Richard K. Vedder, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
Or perhaps surprising news related to publishing, higher education, medicine or the law will occur.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
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Andy Smarick, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
Bass, despite never completing higher education, was an avid reader, and sharp.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
Some major private donors are withdrawing contributions in disgust, and the federal and some state governments, as well as the courts, have attacked higher education’s administrative bloat and anti-merit DEI policies.
—Richard K. Vedder, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
Or perhaps surprising news related to publishing, higher education, medicine or the law will occur.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher education
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As uniform payment for attorneys changes the landscape of family law, training and education are at the forefront of the conversation.—
Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
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The factors that drove it have mostly played out, including Congress raising the Social Security eligibility age by two years, gains in education and life expectancy and fewer employee pensions, said Alicia Munnell, a senior adviser to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.—
Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Tools like these will empower leaner models of education—such as micro-, home-, and hybrid-schooling—and help build out the growing school-choice movement.—
Jonah Davids,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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Critics of this new federal tax scholarship program such as the Chicago Teachers Union, the Illinois Federation of Teachers and other lobbying groups say that this funding program takes money away from public education and diminishes schooling opportunities in favor of private or religious schools.—
Froylan Jimenez,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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Solana Beach Civic & Historical Society offers two $3,500 Scholarships this year for high school students or adult learners to assist in financing college, graduate school or technical school tuition.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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More than 600 new Lockhart ISD students enrolled at ACC in the year following annexation, including 130 dual-credit students, 160 free-tuition students and 60 students who are parents, the college’s data shows.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
5 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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From February 13 to April 2028, its shift through your ninth house of higher learning will require soul searching around your belief system and inner drive.—
Maressa Brown,
InStyle,
1 Jan. 2026
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While the recognition brought national attention, Stafford said accolades have never been the primary focus of his 30 years of teaching at Temple.—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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For academics, historians and activists, the past year has been tumultuous in advocating the teaching of Black history in the United States.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Higher education.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20education. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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