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In the past decade, the number of
the nation’s 1,200 community col-
university students worldwide is up by
leges—which teach nearly half of our
nearly half to 153 million. The need to
undergrads—to make it easier for them
have a leg up in the global knowledge
to learn basic job skills.
economy is reportedly prompting ED
plans to create free, online courses for
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Source: The Christian Science Monitor
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