higher education

Table of Contents

References & Edit History Related Topics

Images & Videos

Tuskegee University

Humboldt University of Berlin

University of Oxford

University of Illinois

Belgorod State University

Learn about the daily schedule of the dean of faculty at the US Air Force Academy

Learn about the mission of a university president at a historically black college

Learn about the wide-ranging work of an academic librarian

Learn about the event-planning responsibilities and frequent travel required to be an alumni director

athletic director

For Students

higher education summary

Read Next

Graduation asian female friends hold diploma. cheerful students hugging shoulders arms with thumbs up beautiful cheerful women students looking each other smiling

Pro and Con: Free College

Human Jukebox - The Southern University Marching Band perform during a college football game at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Saturday, September 10, 2022. Southern University "Human Jukebox" Marching Band

What Makes HBCUs Unique?

College graduation. University graduates in caps and gowns.

Pro and Con: College Education

Discover

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

higher education: Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

News •

Losing International Students Could Devastate Many Colleges • Apr. 19, 2025, 12:03 AM ET (New York Times)

Photos and Videos

Tuskegee University

Humboldt University of Berlin

University of Oxford

University of Illinois

Belgorod State University

Learn about the daily schedule of the dean of faculty at the US Air Force Academy

Learn about the mission of a university president at a historically black college

Learn about the wide-ranging work of an academic librarian

Learn about the event-planning responsibilities and frequent travel required to be an alumni director

athletic director

See All Videos and Images →

Topics

What is College Accreditation?Do U.S. college athletes get paid?university war college college Historically Black Colleges and Universities university extension cost of attendance (COA)student loan University of Texas Announces Free College for Some Students elementary education preschool education secondary education teaching medical education distance learning expected family contribution (EFC)special education adult education Bloom’s taxonomy

Dig Deeper: More Articles That Discuss This Topic

Key People

Justus von Liebig

Justus, baron von Liebig

German chemist

John Dewey

John Dewey

American philosopher and educator

Florence Nightingale at the Barrack Hospital

Florence Nightingale

British nurse, statistician, and social reformer

Shirley M. Tilghman

Shirley M. Tilghman

Canadian molecular biologist

Shirley Ann Jackson

Shirley Ann Jackson

American scientist and educator

Mildred Helen McAfee

American educator and military commander

Sister Thea Bowman

Thea Bowman

Roman Catholic nun and teacher

Franz Boas

Franz Boas

German-American anthropologist

William Osler

Sir William Osler, Baronet

Canadian physician

Michael Ignatieff

Michael Ignatieff

Canadian political leader

Tony Brown

American activist, television producer, writer, educator and filmmaker

Lawrence H. Summers

American economist and educator

Richards, Ellen Swallow

Ellen Swallow Richards

American chemist

William Cullen

William Cullen

Scottish physician and professor

Willard, Emma

Emma Willard

American educator

G. Stanley Hall.

G. Stanley Hall

American psychologist

Jerry Falwell

Jerry Falwell

American minister

Roy Blunt

Roy Blunt

United States senator

Palmer, Alice Elvira Freeman

Alice Elvira Freeman Palmer

American educator

Mary Lyon, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist; in the collection of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts.

Mary Lyon

American educator