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This past weekend’s episode of This American Life had an interesting vignette (Act One). One of the NPR guys was upset that his cousin DJ had dropped out of college. He was trying to change DJ’s mind so he called one of his friends, a labor economist at Georgetown, to speak with DJ.

After talking with him, the professor did something very refreshing. She took DJ’s side.

For many Americans, college is a raw deal. I find it amazing that so many young people are forced to take on huge amounts of debt and get so little in return.

Posted by edelfenbein at March 16, 2009 5:07 PM