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Since the article is paywalled I will comment based solely on the title

No, it’s not awkward for colleges because any educated person should be able to comprehend that college is not a factory and outliers always exist. The fact that we’ve had successful people way before formal education existed should be enough to render the point moot.

The only one affected is the general public which will instinctively undervalue education and use this piece of information to skip college and live a worse life on average



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