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For the Motion Peter Thiel, PayPal Co-founder, and Charles Murray, author of AEI Article "Are too many people going to college?" Win Debate Over Henry Bienen, President Emeritus, Northwestern University, and Vivek Wadhwa, Director of Research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at Duke University Debate to be broadcast on NPR stations nationwide and to be telecast on WNET/Thirteen on...

Chicago, IL – Sept. 15, 2011 – On October 12, as a part of Chicago’s Ideas Week, Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US) makes its Chicago debut with a controversial resolution that asks whether higher education is really necessary for America’s youth: Too Many Kids Go to College. Student loan debt has surpassed credit card debt, unemployment for those with a bachelor’s degree is at an all-time high, and entrepreneurs...