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Aug 9, 2026
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What’s university even for? Schools are broke, and degrees are worth less and less
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OPINION
What’s university even for? Schools are broke, and degrees are worth less and less
JOHN TURLEY-EWART
SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL
PUBLISHED 1 HOUR AGO
UPDATED 19 SECONDS AGO
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Abacus Data’s most recent Precarity Mindset report indicates that, in Canada and the U.S., only 18 per cent of the population say a college or university education is “definitely worth it.”
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