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Apr 2024
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Is college still worth it?

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More and more Americans feel like college isn’t a good deal anymore. One state thinks it’s found a way to turn things around.

This episode was reported and produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette with help from Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Rob Byers, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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