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
Would that all higher education leaders stand with him.
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John T. Shaw, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
Residents, in general, say otherwise because of beaches and mountains on each end of the state; the choice of 68 four-year universities for higher education, including 16 in the UNC System, and a 58-campus system of community colleges; and the 80-20 mix of rural and urban counties to call home.
—Alan Wooten, The Washington Examiner, 10 July 2025
Qualified Expenses are payments for: qualified higher education, qualified post-secondary credentialing, amounts paid to a small business for which the beneficiary has obtained a small business loan or small farm loan, and amounts paid for the purchase of a first home.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
There are about 57,000 higher education students in Texas, second only to California, according to estimates by Inside Higher Ed.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 6 July 2025
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John T. Shaw, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
Residents, in general, say otherwise because of beaches and mountains on each end of the state; the choice of 68 four-year universities for higher education, including 16 in the UNC System, and a 58-campus system of community colleges; and the 80-20 mix of rural and urban counties to call home.
—Alan Wooten, The Washington Examiner, 10 July 2025
Qualified Expenses are payments for: qualified higher education, qualified post-secondary credentialing, amounts paid to a small business for which the beneficiary has obtained a small business loan or small farm loan, and amounts paid for the purchase of a first home.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
There are about 57,000 higher education students in Texas, second only to California, according to estimates by Inside Higher Ed.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher education
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With financial struggles and worries often cited as reasons for people having fewer children, solutions often focus on calling for policies that include making child care, health care, housing and education more accessible.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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Pulling the plug on these dollars is likely to impact rural stations the most, which feed information, entertainment and education to isolated communities.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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These needs arise from our birth, parents, schooling, society, values, beliefs and loved ones since our childhood.—
Sonal Jain,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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But traditional schooling doesn’t always fit every families’ lifestyle or values, especially those that feel their child is being forced into a curriculum or school environment that supports or even understands their needs as a student.—
Taylor Grothe,
Parents,
9 July 2025
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Trustees are scheduled to convene on July 23 to discuss raising out-of-state tuition, but the meeting agenda has not been made available to the public yet.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
10 July 2025
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The University of Wisconsin System will raise tuition for the third consecutive year.—
Cleo Krejci,
jsonline.com,
10 July 2025
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Gemini Season activates your sector of expansion, travel, and higher learning for the first three weeks.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
29 May 2025
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But that won’t prevent real harm to students and higher learning.—
Kevin Carey,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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The federation's ultimate goal is to train 400,000 educators — about 10% of the U.S. teaching workforce — at the in-person facility over the next five years.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
8 July 2025
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The ambitious five-year program aims to train 400,000 educators, which is approximately 10 percent of the U.S. teaching workforce, and will scale nationally from its New York hub.—
Dan Fitzpatrick,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Higher education.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20education. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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