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higher education

NOUN
college and thereon
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"Most of them have had their employers and higher education institutions take adverse actions against them, including being placed on leave."

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Attaching labels like “disruptive” and “innovative” to “alternative institutions” doesn’t make them a cure for all the ills Mr. Yass imagines higher education suffers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

France's online platform that allocates places in higher education, Parcoursup, is another sore point.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The UAW claims to represent more than 120,000 workers in higher education, largely graduate students.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Candidates for higher education would be expected to have tracts of Cicero, Virgil, Isocrates, and Homer by heart.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith


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