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From the opening:

> college isn’t doing a good job of setting you up to succeed in real life

Many colleges, especially the prestigious ones, would explicitly deny that as their goal as being too vocational is dismissed for reasons of class history



True-ish. OTOH, they're also busy "selling" their diplomas as uber-valuable tickets to financial and social success in life - for which their applicants, students, and families thereof should be willing to pay any price, bear any financial burden...




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