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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
The public signing of the Executive Order 26-3 comes in the final three weeks of a legislative session that has yet to resolve how much of the $500 million informally earmarked for addressing affordability issues will go to aid for municipalities facing sharply higher education costs.
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
These schools were hardly household names in the higher education world, but each was prominent among aficionados of experimental education.
—Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
Many are fortunate enough to use New York’s 529 College Savings Program, a tax-advantaged plan designed to help families afford higher education.
—Drew Warshaw, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Schools chose the wrong side The first institution to stand in the dock is higher education.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
These schools were hardly household names in the higher education world, but each was prominent among aficionados of experimental education.
—Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
Many are fortunate enough to use New York’s 529 College Savings Program, a tax-advantaged plan designed to help families afford higher education.
—Drew Warshaw, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Schools chose the wrong side The first institution to stand in the dock is higher education.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher education
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For years, his main political project was legislation that siphoned public-education funds to private schools via vouchers.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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All art forms require immense time, training, and education to develop the skills needed to create great art.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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Henderson said there’s a difference between parents’ desire and their capacity to engage with their children’s schooling.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Mixed picture for private and home schooling There was a year-over-year decline across all school types.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Founded by a Christian abolitionist in 1855, Berea charges no tuition, and every student works a minimum of ten hours per week on campus, doing jobs such as tending the school’s farm, repairing bicycles at the bike shop, or making brooms in the college’s historic craft workshop.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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The tuition hike isn't the only change coming to campus.—
La'Tasha Givens,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Fatima al-Fihri, a Moroccan woman, created the world’s first university, University of Al Quaraouiyine, in Fez, Morocco, for higher learning and research nearly 230 years before Europe created its first ones.—
Doris Bittar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Trump administration policies of the past year have had a chilling effect on international enrollment at higher learning institutions across the country.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
2 Mar. 2026
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Rue takes to this teaching like the Torah, ogling the girls grinding for bills with a fervor that mimics that of a religious revelation.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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In between teaching and training, Wilkins helped coach South’s throwers.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Higher education.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20education. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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