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higher education

noun

Definition of higher educationnext
as in education
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 Further down the list were schools that don't always dominate national conversations about higher education. — Jason St. Angelo, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 So deeply entrenched are the problems confronting higher education that a growing chorus of innovators says the easiest way to fix them is to begin again from scratch. — Jon Marcus, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026 America has spent decades building a sprawling higher education system around a steady supply of college-age students. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 Pell grants, which generally do not have to be repaid, are a key to affording higher education for many lower-income students. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for higher education
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  1. education
  2. schooling
  3. tuition
  4. higher learning
  5. teaching
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  • Among the grants that were eliminated, frozen or delayed were ones related to maternal health in Michigan, education research in Mississippi and assistance to minority farmers in Iowa, the researchers found.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • For a woman who stopped her formal education after two years of high school, this was extraordinary.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of education
Noun
  • Political behavior scholarship typically measures education by a person’s level of formal schooling.
    — Kenneth Michael White, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Heder didn’t want to disrupt the schooling of her two young children, ages 10 and 12, and has become too enmeshed in the area to want to leave it.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of schooling
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  • Illinois students without legal status could once again be eligible for in-state tuition rates during the 2027-28 school year.
    — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Educational Freedom Accounts provide families taxpayer money to pay for private school tuition and certain homeschooling expenses.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of tuition
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  • The future of higher learning is not about students traveling to universities.
    — Habib Al Souleiman, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Venus and Jupiter align in Cancer in the part of your chart governing long journeys, higher learning, and international exploration, making the first two weeks especially ripe for immersing yourself in a new culture and simply having a wonderful time.
    — Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026
Definition of higher learning
Noun
  • The Pitt follows a group of doctors in a teaching hospital’s emergency room, and each episode roughly tracks one hour of their shift, all while illuminating the American healthcare system’s shortfalls.
    — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The statement was produced by the University of Chicago more than a decade ago to protect the free expression rights of students and faculty when teaching, researching, learning and protesting.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
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