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The obsessive focus on a college degree has served neither taxpayers nor students well. Only 35 percent of students starting a four-year degree program will graduate within four years, and less than 60 percent will graduate within six years. Students who haven't graduated within six years probably never will.

~Alex Tabarrok

Topics: College College Degree Degree Focus Four Graduate Graduated Less Neither Never Nor Obsessive Only Percent Program Served Six Starting Students Taxpayers Than Well Who Will Within Years

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Going to college is neither necessary nor sufficient to be well-educated.

~Alex Tabarrok

Topics: College Going Necessary Neither Nor Sufficient Well-Educated

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When I finish as the host of 'Jeopardy!' I'm going to go up to Taft in central California. They have a small college there that teaches you about oil drilling.

~Alex Trebek

Topics: About California Central College Drilling Finish Go Going Host Jeopardy Oil Small Teaches Up You

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Originally, I think, I wanted to be an actor. But I got into broadcasting by accident, if you will, because I needed money to pay for my college education. I applied for a summer announcing job at a couple of radio stations.

~Alex Trebek

Topics: Accident Actor Announcing Applied Because Broadcasting College College Education Couple Education Got Job Money Needed Originally Pay Radio Radio Stations Stations Summer Think Wanted Will You I Think

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The only reason I got into broadcasting was, I needed money to pay for my junior and senior years at college, and they hired me, those fools!

~Alex Trebek

Topics: Broadcasting College Fools Got Hired Junior Me Money Needed Only Pay Reason Senior Those Years

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I'm actually one of the few kids in my grade, especially girls, who didn't end up going to college, just because I already knew what I wanted to do. I had already been actively working in music before I graduated.

~Alex Winston

Topics: Actively Actually Because Been Before College End Few Girl Going Grade Graduated Had Just Just Because Kids Knew Music Up Wanted Who Working

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Without any formal personal finance instruction in our high school or college curricula, many college seniors who graduate in the red will continue to make common financial mistakes that only exacerbate their debt burdens.

~Alexa Von Tobel

Topics: Any Burdens College Common Continue Debt Exacerbate Finance Financial Formal Graduate High High School Instruction Make Many Mistakes Only Our Personal Red School Seniors Who Will Without

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When I left the state of Maine for college, I met my first really rich friends, and I discovered summer could be a verb.

~Alexander Chee

Topics: College Could Discovered First Friends Left Maine Met Really Rich State Summer Verb

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When I first went to college, I went to Western Michigan. I had been rejected by a bunch of schools for theater. I was like, 'I'm obviously not cut out for this, so I might as well just go into film.'

~Alexander Koch

Topics: Been Bunch College Cut Film First Go Had Just Like Michigan Might Obviously Out Rejected Schools Theater Well Western

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The truth is, I love history and studied it in college, with a particular focus on early American history. My love is so deep, in fact, I went to school at The College of William & Mary in Colonial Williamsburg.

~Alexandra Bracken

Topics: American American History College Colonial Deep Early Fact Focus History In Fact Love Love Is Mary Particular School Studied Truth Truth Is William I Love

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