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College Degrees Aren’t Flying As High As They Used To

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May 09, 2024
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It wasn’t that long ago — less than the lifespan of the average American — that young people attended college after high school not only for job training but to develop critical thinking skills by studying, among other things, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.

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