Everything you know about higher education is wrong and the myths about Higher Education in the US

  In the US, Everything you know about higher education is wrong.

Compelling article by Kelly Wilz of the Huffington Post. She argues that, "Everything you know about higher education is wrong" and she writes about the 6 myths in Higher Education that are being perpetuated currently in the United States. 




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