Here's a fellow in California who has to drop his master's degree to get a job.

CNN: Transcript of June 'CNN Money Summit: Money & Main St.'

Columbia Business School posted a 19% drop in applications to its flagship two-year master of business administration program this year, after four years of rapid growth.

WSJ: M.B.A. Applications Drop for Fourth-Straight Year

While women will stay in school to master the ideas of their books and professors, men will drop out to start a company around their own original idea.

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