The little-known forces quietly killing the college degree
This episode of Apple News' In Conversation explores whether college is still worth it, as New Yorker staff writer Jay Caspian Kang questions the future of higher education amid AI, demographic decline, and rising skepticism about its value. The conversation reveals a systemic crisis in A
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