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higher education

NOUN
college and thereon
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The competition has been marred by repeated scandals surrounding major exams required for government jobs and higher education.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

She’s covered higher education for a decade and is the author of “Sunk Cost: Who’s to Blame for the Nation’s Broken Student Loan System and How to Fix It.”

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Announcing the cuts last month, a university spokesperson said redundancies across the higher education sector have become unavoidable.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

That new rate, roughly one in five, is now typical across higher education.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Such was the foolish logic of this program of social reform: Because many Hispanics were absent from higher education, I became with my matriculation an exception, a numerical minority.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez



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