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3 vital ways to measure how much a university education is worth

  • Written by Mark S. Schlissel, President, University of Michigan
The U.S. continues to wrestle with questions about the value of a college degree.ByEmo/Shutterstock.com

Editor’s note: Today we begin a new series in which we ask the leaders of our country’s colleges and universities to address some of the most pressing issues in higher education.

The past several years have seen increased calls for...

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