How to Use higher education in a Sentence

higher education

noun
  • Students and their parents worry about the rising cost of higher education.
  • This same sector deals with higher education, so consider looking into classes that can add fresh skills to your arsenal.
    Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The medium of instruction in most higher education is still English (see sidebar, below).
    Byvaishnavi Chandrashekhar, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
  • And yet, these debates about race and higher education focus on the end of a long pipeline.
    Emma Green, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Their strike was seen as a precursor to a surge of union activism in higher education.
    Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • In my view, the promise of higher education means access to stories like the one of Graham Jackson’s.
    David Cason, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The issue of student loan debt is only set to get worse as the price of higher education continues to rise.
    Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
  • If trends continue, about 1 million students from around the world will come to the U.S. to pursue higher education this year.
    Barnet Sherman, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The cost of higher education has increased faster than inflation for years.
    Mike Scott, Arkansas Online, 11 July 2023
  • That leaves a lot of students who could be getting help to pay for training in higher education without support.
    Edward Conroy, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The authors are likely right about one thing – higher education is at or near an inflection point.
    Derek Newton, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Such views could amount to a red flag for the higher education sector, especially as the share of young, male high school grads who are enrolled in college has declined.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 23 May 2024
  • That means anyone can throw up a website that seems like a place offering higher education.
    Chris Quintana, The Courier-Journal, 9 May 2024
  • Has higher education gone from being the Great Equalizer meant to level the playing field to a system that tilts it further toward those who need it least?
    Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 8 July 2023
  • And don’t be afraid to ask for help from your higher education institution and learn how to advocate for yourself.
    Christina Rodriguez, refinery29.com, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The shift has mostly been limited to the upper tiers of higher education, however.
    Collin Binkley, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2023
  • In the decades since, some African Americans have achieved high office, some have achieved higher tax brackets and a growing number have achieved higher education.
    Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • With plans to meet through the year and into next, the 18-member panel is considering reform and the challenges the state’s higher education public system faces.
    Benjamin Yount | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 July 2024
  • At the time, it was intended to make higher education more affordable to low-income students.
    David Bushman, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Their other daughter, Rowan, 20, is also out of the house and pursuing higher education.
    Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
  • Off camera, Avery was married to his wife, Barbara, who worked in higher education.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024
  • The New Republic’s ‘American Fascism’ issue reveals, among other things, the depth of the rot in elite higher education.
    Nathan Schlueter, National Review, 13 July 2024
  • What about those rare and lasting life lessons at institutions of higher education?
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Schur brings more than 15 years of experience in higher education to the position.
    Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The measure, which now heads to the majority-GOP House for a vote, would also apply to public schools and institutions of higher education.
    Fox News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The state also expects to see a drop in traditional aged college students in the coming years and has seen a decline in the interest to invest in higher education.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 28 June 2024
  • And so, in higher education, in the media, even in big tech, conservatives saw themselves being censored.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Wednesday’s announcement suggests the agency plans to act swiftly once the rule is in effect, said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz.
    Annie Nova, CNBC, 31 July 2024
  • Even some skeptics of DEI say higher education institutions still need to find ways to support a diverse student body.
    Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2024
  • Funding for those institutions has been declining, and the price of higher education has been rising.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2024

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