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Speaker 1: There's a new poll out there on higher education from

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Speaker 1: the a P and the National Opinion Research and it's

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Speaker 1: nork and the experts are said to be alarmed at

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Speaker 1: the results. Now, according to the poll, a majority of

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Speaker 1: young Americans between thirteen and twenty nine agree that college

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Speaker 1: can put people on a path to success, but only

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Speaker 1: about agree that a four year degree adequately prepares people

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Speaker 1: for today's economy. Now here's the part that experts find alarming.

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Speaker 1: Half of these young Americans think that a has scruel

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Speaker 1: education provides the skills needed to get a good job.

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Speaker 1: Six out of ten think vocational schools are good, but

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Speaker 1: the vast majority of young people set and think the

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Speaker 1: best preparation is job experience rather than a degree. Experts

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Speaker 1: are distressed by the skepticism about the value of a

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Speaker 1: college degree. And I'll bet the AP hated the report

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Speaker 1: that young people's esteem for practical experience is shared by

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Speaker 1: the administration, which is pushed to expand apprenticeship programs. Now,

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Speaker 1: what the alarmed experts miss are the reasons for these results.

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Speaker 1: Many colleges, despite the ridiculous price tag, are nothing more

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Speaker 1: than liberal indoctrination centers. Young people are figuring out that

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Speaker 1: it makes no sense to go deep into debt for

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Speaker 1: useless liberal degrees that don't prepare them for real life

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Speaker 1: like degrees in anti corruption rule of law. Anyway, all

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Speaker 1: this is not alarming to me. It's very hopeful.