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Successful College Drop Outs Are Rare: Few Become Business Entrepreneurs.

University of Chicago president Robert J. Zimmer published “The Myth of the Successful College Dropout: Why It Could Make Millions of Young Americans Poorer” in The Atlantic online edition.  The article refutes the increasingly pervasive notion that young people would be better off bypassing college in favor of entrepreneurial adventures. Most college dropouts have low incomes with few good job prospects. The few exceptions have been highlighted in the media, and this view is misleading.