These graduates were told that a diploma was all they needed to succeed, but it won't even get them out of the spare bedroom at Mom and Dad's.

人们告诉这些毕业生，一张文凭就是他们成功的全部条件，但它甚至不能帮助让他们搬出父母家留出的闲置房间。

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71% of parents with a college degree say they do it every day, compared with 33% of those with a high school diploma or less.

拥有大学学历的家长中，有71%的人表示他们每天都会这样做，而高中及以下学历的家长中这样做的只有33%。

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Even prior to the current recession, it was true that the higher the diploma, the lower the chance of unemployment.

即使是在这次经济衰退之前，学历越高、失业的几率越低这一现象也是不争的事实。

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Like it or not, an important part of any college diploma is the reputation of the school that awards it.

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This not only increases the cost of getting a diploma--it leads many students to drop out of college altogether.

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Imagine that the graduate school in question is constitutionally forbidden from receiving any form of government aid, that it typically requires three years of full-time schooling for the diploma, that the nature of the schooling bears almost no resemblance to the job in question, and that the pay for graduates is far lower than other professions.

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