English

Noun

higher education ‎(uncountable)

1. University education or higher.
   • 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.

2. Continued education after the point at which attendance of an educational institution is no longer compulsory.

Synonyms

• tertiary-level education
• further education
• higher learning

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