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According to a new report from the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, by 2020, two-thirds of American jobs will require at least some higher education , while 24 percent will require a high school diploma and just 12 percent will require less than a high school education. By comparison, “in 1973, nearly three out of four jobs required only a high school education or less .” (HT: Kay Steiger )

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According to Bloomberg Businessweek, “the U.S.

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According to Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), federal student loans are the start of a “ slippery slope ” that could eventually lead to a Holocaust.

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From: Allison Kilkenny Allison Kilkenny Tens of thousands of students and their supporters take to the streets in Montreal to protest tuition hikes.

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From: Extra Credit Rebecca Nathanson The glaring disjunction between Daniel Straus’ deeds and actions have not gone unnoticed, and now the businessman is facing retribution from striking workers and organized students.

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From: Extra Credit The Nation Every week,  Nation  interns try to look beyond the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

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Much of the response to the Penn State scandal seems to come from a sense that actors with some control over the governance and judgement of Penn State ought to be taking some sort of action. As my colleague Travis Waldron has pointed out , the harsh fines, bans, and vacated wins the NCAA imposed on Penn State’s football program seemed more like an attempt to make up for the organization’s own burnishing of Joe Paterno’s legacy than a response that would have a meaningful impact on the conditions that allowed Jerry Sandusky continued access to Penn State facilities and the legitimacy his Penn State connections conferred upon him. The decision to remove Joe Paterno’s statue was not the result of a long-considered process, but an immediate need to act

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Two reports this week further exposed the predatory for-profit college industry’s misplaced priorities. In one, Rep.

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From: Nation in the News Nation in the News The Pennsylvania Governor emerges unscathed, while Penn students bare the burden of the punishment. Why is a private organization wielding this unprecedented power?

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From: Katha Pollitt Katha Pollitt An article in the Sunday Times  fails to see our social and political framework in which its subjects’ life stories developed.

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