For the past several decades, it seems there's been a general consensus on how to get ahead in America: Get a college education, find a reliable job, and buy your own home.

在过去的几十年里，人们对如何在美国取得成功似乎已经达成了一个普遍的共识：接受大学教育，找到一份可靠的工作，然后买一栋自己的房子。

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Ludacris and the former CEO of Bank of America Ken Lewis are alumni of my college, as well as VICE's first female editor-in-chief, Ellis Jones.

卢达克里斯和美国银行前首席执行官肯·刘易斯，以及《VICE》的第一位女主编埃利斯·琼斯，都是我大学的校友。

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There're currently 21.5 million students in America, and many will be funding their college on borrowed money.

目前美国有2150万学生，很多人将依靠借贷支付大学学费。

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It has a study program currently available to college graduates in twenty-two countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

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The thing about corporate America--few people that go to college, like where you are now, and most people in America don't realize how poorly most of our companies are run in this country, with many exceptions.

美国企业的问题是--没有什么人,上过大学，没人去过像你们现在所在的地方，很多在美国的人怀揣着对美国企业的希望,并没有意识到大多数我们的企业，经营的有多糟糕。

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You said you're going to college in America.

你说过你要去美国上大学。

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Northwestern is also the 18th best college in America overall, according to Forbes' and the Center for College Affordability and Productivity's ranking of America's Best Colleges, which was published in August.

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The best college in America isn't in Cambridge or Princeton, West Point or Annapolis.

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Like every other college in America, we have too much drinking on this campus.

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