How to Use higher learning in a Sentence

higher learning

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  • But what’s a few corn husks to our places of higher learning?
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Does a four-year stint at a citadel of higher learning teach us to think, rather than just to get and spend?
    — James Atlas, Town & Country, 10 July 2018
  • In that wider view, there is good news about college, about higher learning.
    — Derek Newton, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Lee is less than an ideal title to slap on a place of higher learning.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2020
  • They must be enrolled at an institution of higher learning and be at least 18 years old.
    — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 29 July 2022
  • This month’s Sagittarius full moon lights up your house of far away travels and higher learning on Monday, June 17.
    — Randon Rosenbohm, Allure, 29 May 2019
  • This isn't the first time Petersen attempted to move back to her home state for a leading role at one of the state's institutions of higher learning.
    — Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The question is how does all of that come into play in terms of what, if anything, should happen to reform our higher learning system.
    — cleveland, 4 June 2021
  • That does not get at some key questions that all institutions of higher learning need to address.
    — Richard Vedder, Forbes, 24 May 2021
  • All schools have been closed until 7 April with digital learning in place for secondary schools and higher learning.
    — Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
  • It’s the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of Alabama.
    — Michelle Matthews | [email protected], al, 23 June 2020
  • As immigrants poured into Gary to work at U.S. Steel at the turn of the 20th century, leaders soon recognized the young city needed a place for higher learning.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2022
  • Brown’s open curriculum proves to me how, even more than a place of higher learning, Brown is a place of sharing perspective and exploring by your own rules and design.
    — refinery29.com, 27 Oct. 2020
  • What has happened to the original purpose of our institutes of higher learning?
    — WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
  • IDs from five of the state's institutions of higher learning don't meet those criteria, according to the lawsuit.
    — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Biden is a first lady and education advocate with on-the-job knowledge of the importance of higher learning.
    — Kate Bennett, CNN, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The schools of higher learning are certainly turning out robotic AI creatures.
    — Roy Trakin, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
  • For more than a century, these schools have been a portal to higher learning for millions of students who otherwise would have settled for a high school diploma.
    — David L. Kirp, Star Tribune, 26 May 2021
  • This will probably come as a shock to many of you, but there are some institutions of higher learning in this country where football is very important.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Any additional revenue from the trust fund would be used to pay for Pell Grants to support higher learning institutions.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Here’s a primer: America is the only country on the face of the earth that has its institutions of higher learning provide entertainment for the masses.
    — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2020
  • Several students walked out during Pence's speech at the oldest Catholic institution of higher learning in the U.S.
    — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Hughes said the purpose of the bill was to preserve academic freedom and promote discourse at the state’s higher learning institutions.
    — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • In-state tuition rates for public institutions of higher learning in Georgia are roughly three times smaller than those out-of-state students must pay.
    — Lautaro Grinspan, ajc, 11 Feb. 2022
  • For this year's winners, their scholarships worth up to some $44 million will be used at 34 partner institutions of higher learning.
    — Staff Report, NOLA.com, 9 Sep. 2020
  • The University of Maryland is one of the premier institutions of higher learning.
    — Ryan McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Phillip Brian Harper, the foundation’s program director for higher learning, noted that each of the three schools has a Black president.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Lincoln College is scheduled to close its doors Friday, becoming the first U.S. institution of higher learning to shut down in part due to a ransomware attack.
    — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 9 May 2022
  • Mars will also debut in Gemini on July 20, activating your ninth house of expansion and higher learning, which will likely motivate you to explore new ideas and pursue intellectual ventures.
    — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
  • Once Mars debuts in Gemini, however, your focus shifts toward travel, higher learning and philosophical pursuits.
    — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024

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