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attendance as a student at a college or university
Students and their parents worry about the rising cost of higher education.
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Recent Examples of higher education
As higher education costs rise and mistrust within universities continue to grow nationally, what makes a Longhorn education different and desirable to so many?
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Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Dec. 2024
Discussions about medicine, the law, higher education and publishing will be solid and productive.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2024
First, men comprise just over half of the 18- to 24-year-olds in the United States, but they’re outnumbered by women in the nation’s colleges — creating the largest gender gap in the history of American higher education.
—Matt Villano, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
Read on to see who else has pursued higher education at some of our nation’s top schools.
—Diana Pearl, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Dec. 2024
Discussions about medicine, the law, higher education and publishing will be solid and productive.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2024
First, men comprise just over half of the 18- to 24-year-olds in the United States, but they’re outnumbered by women in the nation’s colleges — creating the largest gender gap in the history of American higher education.
—Matt Villano, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
Read on to see who else has pursued higher education at some of our nation’s top schools.
—Diana Pearl, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher education
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The user's photo accompanying the account was one of Mangione, and a description on their page referenced Mangione's education at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as his age.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Focus on retention, education, activation, new tech and rewarding your people to start the next year with momentum, not hesitation.Yogesh Shah, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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In particular, Latinos must have equitable and unrestricted access to quality early childhood education, K-12 schooling, and higher education.Noreen Sugrue, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Also at risk is a rule change adopted in May that opened the Affordable Care Act in 2025 to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children but have been eligible for benefits like schooling since the creation in 2012 of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.Christopher O'Donnell, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
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Members helped transform the state within a generation from a place that birthed the notorious anti-immigrant Proposition 187 into one where undocumented people can apply for driver’s licenses, health insurance, get in-state college tuition and more.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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While in Florida’s House of Representatives, Nuñez worked with a Republican colleague in the state Senate to sponsor legislation that would permit immigrant children in the country illegally to qualify for in-state tuition.Julia Manchester, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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The moon will peak in Gemini on Dec. 15, illuminating your ninth house of wisdom, travels and higher learning.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Dec. 2024
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In astrology, the ninth house governs travel, higher learning and self-discovery, so these recent years may have prompted profound questions about your life’s purpose.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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Giovanni held teaching roles at both Rutgers and Queens College before being recruited by Fowler, who was the associate head of the English department at Virginia Tech, back in 1987.Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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His experience also lists jobs as an artificial intelligence teaching assistant for gifted high school students.Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Higher education.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20education. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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