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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
Money raised from Arizona lottery games goes toward funding higher education, health and human services, environmental conservation and economic and business development in the state.
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Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
How professors are using AI Anthropic's report is based on roughly 74,000 conversations that users with higher education email addresses had with Claude over an 11-day period in late May and early June of this year.
—Lee V. Gaines, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
About half of China’s graduates across all levels of higher education between 2012 and 2022 hold STEM degrees, according to official data cited by Chinese researchers – amounting to a talent pool of some 24 million people.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
But in the interim, there are efforts in higher education to reduce animosity and encourage constructive interactions and discussion between people with different perspectives.
—Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
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Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
How professors are using AI Anthropic's report is based on roughly 74,000 conversations that users with higher education email addresses had with Claude over an 11-day period in late May and early June of this year.
—Lee V. Gaines, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
About half of China’s graduates across all levels of higher education between 2012 and 2022 hold STEM degrees, according to official data cited by Chinese researchers – amounting to a talent pool of some 24 million people.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
But in the interim, there are efforts in higher education to reduce animosity and encourage constructive interactions and discussion between people with different perspectives.
—Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher education
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He was sentenced to serve seven days in a DUI education center and ordered to pay a $350 fine and court fees.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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The law stripped teachers and most public workers of collective bargaining rights and led to wide changes in the state's education system.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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In an unusual schooling setup, Irene was one of a group of children taught by their academic parents, including her own by then famous mother, Marie Curie.—
Andrea Richard,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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On the other hand, the language is thriving in its literary and music scenes, and the growth of schooling in Cymraeg.—
Robert Minhinnick,
The Dial,
2 Oct. 2025
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Some schools did not list their tuition online or respond to Tennessean requests for information.—
Rachel Wegner,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Some of the demands include keeping tuition flat for five years and providing the government with data on international students.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
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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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These colleges demonstrate what’s possible when higher learning institutions put students and public interest first,according to the magazine: 1.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Shaw said the district had one of its most stable teaching workforces since 2008-09 — the earliest year of data analyzed by the Policy Forum.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Ed idolized Augusta and was disturbed that Henry, who often criticized and argued against her strict teachings, had much less admiration for her.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Higher education.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20education. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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