American Dream: Another Reason to Get a College Degree?
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Why do you need a college degree?
How about you don't have the Dream, if you don't have a degree?
An interesting article on CNN.com shows the difference on realizing the American Dream between people with and without college degrees. The article, which is about a recent Opinion Research poll, says:
Belief in the so-called "American dream," according to the poll, appears to be split between college graduates and people without college degrees. Sixty percent of respondents who had no college degree said it's impossible for most people to achieve the American dream, while only 38 percent of grads said so.
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