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
Days after the proposal was rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the White House extended the offer to all higher education institutions, a source told Bloomberg.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
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.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
These incidents demonstrate a culture of extreme political polarization in higher education.
—Jeffrey C. Sun, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
One driver is the growing popularity of dual-enrollment classes offered with local colleges, and the fact that the block schedule format already dominates higher education.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
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.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
These incidents demonstrate a culture of extreme political polarization in higher education.
—Jeffrey C. Sun, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
One driver is the growing popularity of dual-enrollment classes offered with local colleges, and the fact that the block schedule format already dominates higher education.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher education
Noun
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At the same time, alternative education pathways are proving faster, cheaper, and lucrative.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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The preliminary draft released by state education officials lays out what standards Massachusetts high school students may be required to meet to graduate, replacing the former MCAS standardized testing requirement.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His schooling was subsidized by the government and came with a commitment to work for a few years for Iranian state TV channels.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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Now he’s enrolled in an online cybersecurity training course, schooling paid for by the state program that’s set to expire in the next couple of years.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With rising tuition, heavy student debt, and a shaky job market, more young workers are rethinking the four-year degree and turning to faster and cheaper routes to a steady career.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Top schools continue to increase tuition while many young adults fall deeper and deeper into debt.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
18 Oct. 2025
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Osefo, a woman of multiple degrees and a proponent of higher learning, stars in The Real Housewives of Potomac, which premiered last Sunday on Bravo.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
10 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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Her research and teaching focus on modern and contemporary poetry and poetics, labor history and theory, and gender and sexuality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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An Illinois State University teaching assistant has been fired after he was captured on video flipping a Turning Point USA table and tearing up the group's flyers.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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