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higher education

NOUN
college and thereon
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Paul Gigot: My next subject I want to talk to you about is American higher education.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

“My goal is to build the capacity of our TK-12 public schools to prepare students for higher education and to participate in the local and global workforce.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Thaksin's nephew and Pheu Thai's prime minister candidate, Yodchanan Wongsawat, was given the position of minister of higher education in Anutin's cabinet.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Separately, just 6% of people who are expelled from school, like Hughes, have any A-levels by age 19; the same low figure are attending higher education by age 24.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Actually, Vera had barely graduated from Norman Thomas High School and hadn’t set foot in a building of higher education since.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez