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The problem with the push for more college degrees

  • Written by Johann N. Neem, Professor of American History, Western Washington University
President Obama sought to make the United States the most college-educated nation in the world by 2020.RIDTHISING/Shutterstock.com

In a 2009 speech, President Barack Obama proclaimed that by 2020, the United States will “once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.”

As we near 2020, it is worth asking how...

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