Beth Akers

Fellow

Brookings Institution fellow, expert on economics and education.

Beth Akers on KCRW

What if a degree came with a money-back guarantee?

What if a college degree came with a money-back guarantee?

What if a degree came with a money-back guarantee?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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Atlantic writer Franklin Foer examines rising antisemitism from the political left, and why what he describes as a “Golden Age for American Jews” is over.

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