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Stephen Downes

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Again, this is why I have devoted work to online learning. ""The proportion of students who graduate with more than $40,000 in debt jumped sixfold during that period, to 7.7% of the 1 million grads in 2004, or 77,500 people. Most will struggle for more than a decade to work it off..." They will, during this time, defer home ownership, investing in a business, and many other things taken for granted by a person who sails through their education without the need for financing.

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