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This book attacks the national myth that every 18 to 22 year old
American should go to college. Parents and students aren't Educa on 2 users
getting their money's worth. Here are interviews with large See top shelves…
numbers of reluctant students, financially pinched parents,
disillusioned employers and college teachers and administrators.
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Published January 1st 1975 by David McKay Company Caroline Bird was the only child of Hobart
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crusading journalist and civil rights ac vist in
Cuba before establishing a law prac ce in New
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