Answer: universities

AnswerCrossword Clue
UNIVERSITIESMeccas for scholars
UNIVERSITIESThey're staffed with doctors
UNIVERSITIESHarvard and MIT, e.g.
UNIVERSITIESClemson and others
UNIVERSITIESInstitutions of higher learning
universitiesUNIVERSITY, an institution of higher learning providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees
universitiesAn educational institution designed for instruction, examination, or both, of students in many branches of advanced learning, conferring degrees in various faculties, and often embodying colleges and similar institutions
universitiesThe grounds and buildings of such an institution
universitiesThe members of this collectively