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Episode 97Jan 23, 2019

Think before you major

The years of your life, the mountains of debt… more people wonder if higher ed pays off.

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Students pull a mock 'ball & chain' representing the $1.4 trilling outstanding student debt at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2016.
Students pull a mock 'ball & chain' representing the $1.4 trilling outstanding student debt at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2016.
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Think before you major