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A growing number of high school graduates are choosing workforce over college

Students walk wearing their caps and gowns. (Mel Evans/AP)
Students walk wearing their caps and gowns. (Mel Evans/AP)

Everywhere across the country high school graduates are donning their caps and gowns and setting off on the next stage of their lives. But for many grads, that next step doesn’t involve college.

A growing number of Americans choose to head straight into the workforce instead of enrolling in college. Host Robin Young discusses with Roben Farzad, host of public radio’s “Full Disclosure.”

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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