higher education

noun

1. education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.

higher education

noun

1. education and training at colleges, universities, polytechnics, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of higher education¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

“My family was always supportive,” she says, “which is why, as a woman, I could be a filmmaker. There would be so many people in my country who would think, ‘Why is the daughter pursuing higher education in the first place?’

From Los Angeles Times

Research in May by the Higher Education Policy Institute, external suggested maintenance loans in England actually cover only about half the cost of living, and less for students in London.

From BBC

In general, research by the Higher Education Statistics Agency suggests most graduates can expect to earn more than non-graduates.

From BBC

“Under Trump, higher education in the US will face a difficult future, featuring an aggressive and intrusive federal government, erosion in funding with no alternatives, a cavalcade of political litmus tests and a decline in the US’s science and technology capability,” wrote John Aubrey Douglass, a senior research fellow and research professor of public policy and higher education at the UC Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education.

From Los Angeles Times

But he reined in some of those proposed cuts after a congressional budget deal increased higher education funding.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• university