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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

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When states suffer a widespread loss of jobs, the damage extends to the next generation, where college attendance drops among the poorest students, says new research from Duke University. As a result, states marked by shuttered factories or dormant mines also show a widening gap in college attendance between rich and poor, the authors write.

Excellent. Maybe now we can get over this idea that our precious little progeny are too good for blue collar work and fill some of the six million jobs that nobody can be found to do.

Source: https://today.duke.edu/2017/06/college-attendance-drops-after-widespread-job-loss [duke.edu]

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