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US Sinks Like a Stone in College Grad Rankings

Now in first place: Canada

By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 22, 2010 8:48 AM CDT

(Newser) – So along with chronic social networking and oversharing, America's newest generation of young adults has another distinction: Possibly the first to be less-educated than their parents. The US has plummeted from first to 12th place among nations with the highest percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds... Read full story »

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