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Barbara3135 Wrote: Jun 27, 2012 12:24 AM

I graduated college a couple of years ago at age 65. I actually thought that the first two years of college are teaching what these students should have learned the last two years of high school. I know that I learned that in high school and I wasn't even a college-prep student.

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hwaet2 Wrote: Jul 01, 2012 2:35 PM

Actually, the first two years of college nowadays consists of teaching what Anne Shirley ("Anne of Green Gables") had learned by age 14.

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Will “the Blade” Pop the Higher Education Bubble?

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels announced that he will become the president of Purdue University when he leaves office in January. While fans of the cost-cutting governor had hoped he would set his eyes on a different president, the announcement should be welcome news to students and taxpayers alike. One of the nation’s most successful, reform-minded executive can now play a role in reinventing higher education.

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