Stephen Rose

Georgetown University

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Research Professor at Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce and author of Rebound: Why America Will Emerge Stronger from the Crisis

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With employment at 9.1 percent, even graduates of expensive four-year colleges are finding it hard to get jobs. Did they waste their time and their parents' money?

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Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and early investor in Facebook, is awarding  $100,000 fellowships  to young people who drop out of college.

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