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College: An Alternative #994331

ABC Evening News for Thursday, May 26, 2011
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(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.

(Studio: Linsey Davis) The view of education as expressed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel† examined; details given about his scholarship for college-age students who do not go to school. [THIEL - says learning is good, debt is bad and college is too expensive.] [Former Purdue student Jim DANIELSON - shows his electric car.] Statistics on student loan debt cited. [Stanford economic professor Nicholas BLOOM†- cites the payoff in a college education investment.] [Solar panel inventor Eden FULL‡- comments.]

Reporter(s):
Sawyer, Diane;
Davis, Linsey
Duration:
00:02:30

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