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Contributor to the Washington Post and author of There Is Life after College: What Parents and Students Should Know about Navigating School to Prepare for the Jobs of Tomorrow
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Jeffrey Selingo
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FROM Jeffrey Selingo
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Malia Obama Puts a Spotlight on the "Gap Year" Malia Obama is putting a spotlight on the "gap year," routine in Europe but still a luxury in this country. Malia Obama's parents both went to Harvard, so it's no surprise that she will be going there, too… with one exception. She'll be taking a year off after graduating from the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC. It turns out that more and more US colleges are encouraging what's called the "gap year." So, what's it good for, and who can afford it? Jeffrey Selingo is author of There Is Life after College . He says more high school seniors need to take a gap year .
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Do You Really Need College to Get a Job? Democrats have made higher education central to this year's presidential campaign. With costs sky-rocketing, graduates are collectively $1.3 billion in debt. So Hillary Clinton wants to make college more affordable, and Bernie Sanders is demanding that it should be free. But Marco Rubio has a point: potential workers don't have the training for high-skilled jobs being created by new technology, while more and more college graduates are both underemployed and deeply in debt. We get a reality check on education and America's manufacturing economy. We want to hear from you. Are you concerned about jobs going overseas? Please let us know sharing your insights here .
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