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Now, the law would only apply to cities with populations of less than 250,000 that are home to an institute of higher learning with an enrollment of more than 20,000 students.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2025
The ban, now on emergency pause by Burroughs, already has shaken some of the world’s brightest thinkers at a school often heralded as a premier global hub of higher learning.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
From San Francisco Bay to Manhattan Island, 60-some schools of higher learning are having their federal funds withdrawn or the visas of their international students revoked or are under investigation for one reason or another.
—Patricia Schultheis, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2025
The university, located in the nation’s capital, has the distinction of being the first school of higher learning designed for deaf students.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2025
The ban, now on emergency pause by Burroughs, already has shaken some of the world’s brightest thinkers at a school often heralded as a premier global hub of higher learning.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
From San Francisco Bay to Manhattan Island, 60-some schools of higher learning are having their federal funds withdrawn or the visas of their international students revoked or are under investigation for one reason or another.
—Patricia Schultheis, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2025
The university, located in the nation’s capital, has the distinction of being the first school of higher learning designed for deaf students.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher learning
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Qualified Expenses are payments for: qualified higher education, qualified post-secondary credentialing, amounts paid to a small business for which the beneficiary has obtained a small business loan or small farm loan, and amounts paid for the purchase of a first home.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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There are about 57,000 higher education students in Texas, second only to California, according to estimates by Inside Higher Ed.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
6 July 2025
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The ambitious five-year program aims to train 400,000 educators, which is approximately 10 percent of the U.S. teaching workforce, and will scale nationally from its New York hub.—
Dan Fitzpatrick,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The federation's ultimate goal is to train 400,000 educators — about 10% of the U.S. teaching workforce — at the in-person facility over the next five years.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
8 July 2025
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“Higher learning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20learning. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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