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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.
Class of 2009: A degree of difficulty
Some graduates flee job market for grad school, many underemployed
Second in a 3-part series
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- Jun 23, 2014
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Trevor Ogle of Greensboro, N.C., said he is taking classes at GTCC this summer and will take additional classes at UNCG in the fall in preparation for applying to medical school in the future. Photographed on the UNCG campus in Greensboro, N.C., Wednesday, June 18, 2014. (NELSON KEPLEY/News & Record)
- NELSON KEPLEY/News & Record
Dora Gicheva, assistant professor of economics at UNCG
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Cynamon Frierson
- Rob Brown/News & Record
Economic crisis costs graduates and the nation
For some college graduates in 2009, the answer to a deplorable job market was staying in school – and continuing to borrow money to do so — or working at low-paying jobs.
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After Trevor Ogle graduated from UNCG in 2009, he said he imagined a career as a linguist, someone who would translate documents and conversations for a big international company.
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