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higher education

NOUN
college and thereon
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Jayawardhana defended the decades-old partnership between higher education institutions and Washington, which pours billions of dollars into research universities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Lewis Wilson, vice president for higher education at the National Union of Students, says this flexibility means students can also save money on rent by moving home for the summer.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

That’s ironic, given that Musk has been critical of higher education.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

"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

In the late 1960s nonwhite Americans clamored for access to higher education, and I became a principal beneficiary of the academy’s response, its programs of affirmative action.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez


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