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Freakonomics Radio - What Exactly Is College For? (Update)

What Exactly Is College For? (Update)

Freakonomics Radio

08/15/24 • 50 min

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We think of them as intellectual enclaves and the surest route to a better life. But U.S. colleges also operate like firms, trying to differentiate their products to win market share and prestige points. In the first episode of a special series originally published in 2022, we ask what our chaotic system gets right — and wrong. (Part 1 of “Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.”)

08/15/24 • 50 min

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