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noun

education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.

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Also called higher learning.

Origin of higher education

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby higher education

high-end, High Energy Astrophysical Observatory, high-energy physics, higher, higher criticism, higher education, higher law, higher mathematics, higher power, higher rate, higher self

How to use higher education in a sentence

The custodial accounts can’t be invested in individual stocks and are UGMA and UTMA accounts, meaning they can be used for expenses like higher education and turned over to the minor when they reach the appropriate age.
GameStop’s craze has caught the eye of a new set of investors: Children|Heather Kelly|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
Still, higher education experts caution that an uptick in applications at some four-year institutions, while a good sign, is only a part of the story.
A steady stream of Latino students was arriving on college campuses. Then the pandemic hit.|Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Hannah Natanson, John D. Harden|January 31, 2021|Washington Post
Liberal Democrats and Republicans in Congress recognized that a growing number of Americans needed and wanted higher education in the Cold War’s early years.
Even forgiving student loans won’t solve the higher education funding crisis|Elizabeth Shermer|January 22, 2021|Washington Post
They are among the most economically vulnerable students in higher education and have very few protections.
Student loan companies return to court to collect on private education debt|Danielle Douglas-Gabriel|January 21, 2021|Washington Post

These are but a few examples among many of the profound and continuing havoc that the coronavirus crisis has wreaked in higher education.
Spring term delays: New wave of coronavirus uncertainty slams higher education|Nick Anderson|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
Education controls the transmission of values and molds the spirit before dominating the soul.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Models in Israel will have to maintain a BMI of 18.5 or higher if they want to stay employed.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Disordered eating is also linked to higher rates of depression and anxiety, both in the present and in the future.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Higher courts, including the Supreme Court had refused to intercede, and the stay was to expire tonight.
The Back Alley, Low Blow-Ridden Fight to Stop Gay Marriage in Florida Is Finally Over|Jay Michaelson|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It seems to be a true instinct which comes before education and makes education possible.
Children's Ways|James Sully
I am pleading for a clear white light of education that shall go like the sun round the whole world.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He became a doctor in two hours, and it only cost him twenty dollars to complete his education.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
I claim that it contains many errors of fact, and the Higher Criticism supports the claim; as we shall see.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
And now let me come to the second problem we opened up in connection with college education—the problem of its extension.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

British Dictionary definitions for higher education

higher education

noun

education and training at colleges, universities, polytechnics, etc

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