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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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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
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What is Trump's plan for Middle East peace? On his first foreign tour, President Trump has promised "peace" between Israel and the Palestinians. Are there any details for re-starting talks that have been stalled for the past three years?