Worse still, is the prospect of cuts in social spending - health, education and social protection - that many countries, especially low-income countries, may be forced to undertake.

更糟糕的前景是，许多国家，特别是低收入国家可能被迫削减社会开支，即卫生、教育和社会保护开支。

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And according to a job prospect report by the education counseling company Mycos, China's employment rate for college graduates rose 3.2% in 2009 reaching 91.2% in 2010.

根据教育咨询公司麦克思发布的一份就业前景报告，2009年中国大学生的就业率提高了3.2%，2010年达到91.2%。

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Education has become the key to determining a country's prospect or fate in the face of knowledge-economic challenge.

面对知识经济的挑战，教育已经成为决定一个国家前途和命运的关键。

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Yes, rising tuition costs are making traditional education a less egalitarian prospect.

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But the idea of students cobbling together an entire degree from free Web courses, a prospect touted by some online-education evangelists, remains "kind of a silly nightmare, " said Edward Rock, director of open course initiatives at University of Pennsylvania.

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And Ms Maguire believes that the prospect of losing her school from the city's education statistics will concentrate the minds of Serco.

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