higher education
nounDefinition of higher education
: education beyond the secondary level
especially
: education provided by a college or university
Examples of higher education in a Sentence
Students and their parents worry about the rising cost of higher education.
Recent Examples on the Web
The rise of higher education in the twentieth century was an American success story. — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, "Student Debt Is Transforming the American Family," 2 Sep. 2019 The California Community Colleges are the largest system of higher education in the United States. — Kendall Trammell, CNN, "California joins a handful of other states that provide community college tuition-free," 28 Aug. 2019 Community colleges do most of the heavy lifting in higher education in Texas. — Corbett Smith, Dallas News, "Can Texas meet its lofty goals for a well-trained workforce in 2030? Departing higher ed leader says state must do more," 23 Aug. 2019 Mobile access Less than 10% of people younger than 25 have access to higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa. — Wim Delva, Quartz Africa, "Data science institutions focused on Africa are being built across the continent," 8 Aug. 2019 Having addressed the cost inflation issue in textbook publishing, which only accounts for 1 or 2 percent of total student spend, cost inflation in higher education in America over the past 30 years has been unbelievable. — Eric Johnson, Vox, "“The $300 textbook is dead,” says the CEO of textbook maker Pearson," 2 Aug. 2019 The 39-year-old is now Hope's president, in charge of leading the private liberal-arts college with roots in the Reformed Church in America into the uncertainty of higher education in the current time. — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, "He's young, and with no academic experience, but ready to lead Hope College," 29 July 2019 The investigation was part of a larger one on for-profit higher education in the state. — Marcia Heroux Pounds, sun-sentinel.com, "Kaplan lays off 50 in Fort Lauderdale," 18 July 2019 Lawmakers instead passed a separate bill directing the state to spend those dollars on public schools, transportation and higher education in equal amounts. — Anna Staver, The Denver Post, "Republicans who backed TABOR timeout say new request is a bad idea," 12 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'higher education.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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