Editing Higher Learning (section)

==Reception {{anchor|Box office}} ==
''Higher Learning'' grossed $38,290,723 in the United States, with $20,200,000 in rentals. It ranked #44 for yearly domestic gross and #17 amongst R-rated films in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|title=Higher Learning (1995) - Box Office Mojo|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=higherlearning.htm|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=May 26, 2017 |archive-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518202154/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=higherlearning.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Higher Learning (1995) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Higher-Learning#tab=summary |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] }}</ref>{{Anchor|Awards}}

For their performances in ''Higher Learning'', Laurence Fishburne and Ice Cube were nominated for the 1996 [[Image Award]] for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Fishburne won.<ref>{{cite web|title=Image Awards (1996)|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000345/1996|website=IMDb|access-date=May 26, 2017|archive-date=March 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326075912/http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000345/1996|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Critical response {{anchor|Film Reviews|Critics}} ===
The film received mixed reviews. [[Roger Ebert]] commended John Singleton's direction of the film: "He sees with a clear eye and a strong will, and is not persuaded by fashionable ideologies. His movies are thought-provoking because he uses familiar kinds of characters and then asks hard questions about them." He awarded the film three out of four stars.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=January 11, 1995|title=Higher Learning|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/higher-learning-1995|url-status=live|via=RogerEbert.com|access-date=February 5, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126030035/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/higher-learning-1995}}</ref>
''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]'' wrote: "A stylish, intelligent film-maker, Singleton interweaves the threads of his demographic tapestry with assurance, passion and a welcome awareness of the complexities of the college community's contradictory impulses towards integration and separatism."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/72021/higher_learning.html |title=Higher Learning Review |magazine=[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] |date=<!--undated--> |access-date=January 27, 2015 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516172058/http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/72021/higher_learning.html |archive-date=May 16, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Writing in ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Janet Maslin]] felt that the movie fell short of its goal, saying it "turns out to be an inadvertent example of the same small-mindedness it deplores".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/11/movies/film-review-higher-learning-short-course-in-racism-on-a-college-campus.html|title=FILM REVIEW: HIGHER LEARNING; Short Course in Racism On a College Campus|first=Janet|last=Maslin|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 11, 1995|access-date=April 30, 2019|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430155107/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/11/movies/film-review-higher-learning-short-course-in-racism-on-a-college-campus.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
''Reel Film Reviews'' wrote that the film is "consistently entertaining and well-acted all around. While it's not a perfect movie – Cube's character disappears for a 30-minute stretch and Singleton's approach often veers into heavy-handedness – it is nevertheless an intriguing look at the differences between races and how such differences can clash", and awarded it 3.5 stars out of 4.<ref>{{cite web
|title=The Films of John Singleton: Higher Learning. |url=http://www.reelfilm.com/sngleton.htm#higher |website=Reel Film Reviews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013161733/http://reelfilm.com/sngleton.htm |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |url-status=live |first=David |last=Nusair |date=June 24, 2001}}</ref>

''Higher Learning'' holds a 46% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 41 reviews, with an average rating of 5.30/10. The site's consensus states; "It's hard to fault ''Higher Learning''{{'}}s goals; unfortunately, writer-director John Singleton too often struggles to fit his themes within a consistently engaging story."<ref>{{cite web |title=Higher Learning (1994) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/higher_learning/ |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=August 2, 2023 |archive-date=November 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128121340/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/higher_learning|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], it has a score of 54% based on review from 20 critics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Higher Learning |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/higher-learning |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2022-04-01 }}</ref>
Singleton commented: "If you look at ''Higher Learning'', which I was 25 years old making it, I'm like chock full of everything that would concern young people: lesbianism, and racism, and everything I could put in that movie. It was a great movie. A fun movie to do. But you could never get that movie made now. Never. The guy shoots everybody, know what I mean?"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/johnsingletoninterview.html|title=DVD Talk Interview - John Singleton|website=www.dvdtalk.com|access-date=April 30, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011946/https://www.dvdtalk.com/johnsingletoninterview.html|url-status=live}}</ref>