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Why so many more degrees — government, the market, access, and prosperity, pulling at once
The US population grew 1.6x since 1970. Bachelor's degrees grew 2.7x. That gap isn't population -- it's four separate forces, each with its own date and its own mechanism, that happened to pull in the same direction for fifty years.
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The great equalizer, for sale
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The school was built to make the people, not just educate them
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