With regard to yesterday’s piece in response to the Newsweek/Daily Best article about how college might be a bad investment, please note the April 26, 1976 cover of Newsweek:

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Quite a trend we’re seeing here.

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Daniel Luzer is the news editor at Governing Magazine and former web editor of the Washington Monthly. Find him on Twitter: @Daniel_Luzer