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Podcast: What's this productivity craze hitting college campuses?

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Remember Texas Gov. Rick Perry's proposal for a $10,000 bachelor's degree?

This American RadioWorks podcast looks at the efficiency/productivity debate behind all that:

Many corporations are demanding cheaper, faster and more efficient work from their employees. Now that bottom-line kind of thinking is coming to higher education. Marketplace reporter Amy Scott recently reported on two initiatives to reign in spending on college campuses and to make the cost of college more affordable.
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