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Synonyms

higher education

American  

noun

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

higher education British  

noun

  1. education and training at colleges, universities, polytechnics, etc

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Etymology

Origin of higher education

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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Harvard has invited Ms. Gay to return to campus and teach a course on, of all things, power struggles in higher education.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Most of these restrictions concluded with the end of Jewish quotas in U.S. higher education in the 1960s and 1970s.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

That figure does not include further and higher education, which is not the responsibility of DE.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Those complex feelings were among the findings of the largest study of artificial intelligence in higher education to date, which polled 94,000 students, faculty and staff across 22 CSU campuses from San Diego to Arcata.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

With little higher education, Zinaida had known all along that she wouldn’t be flying.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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