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presspiccaps[0]=['Students who graduate from college defy the odds.  Here at Western Kentucky University, in Bowling Green, KY, the graduation rate is 44%.'];
presspiccaps[1]=['Executive Producer and Correspondent John Merrow'];
presspiccaps[2]=['Large lectures, like this one at the University of Arizona in Tucson, are a familiar experience for students in general education classes at most universities.'];
presspiccaps[3]=['Andre Iguodala wowed Wildcat fans for two seasons, then left the University of Arizona to sign a $9 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA.'];
presspiccaps[4]=['Robin Bhalla says he and his buddies often drank four nights a week at Arizona. Still, he made the dean\'s list during his senior year.'];
presspiccaps[5]=['Amherst College in Amherst, MA is among the most selective colleges in the country.  It rejects four out of five applicants.'];
presspiccaps[6]=['Philosophy professor and “freeway flyer“ Bob Gibson teaches 280 students in nine courses at three colleges in the Denver metropolitan area.  Part-time, non-tenured faculty like Gibson are increasingly common on American college campuses.'];
presspiccaps[7]=['English major Britney Schmidt was ready to leave the University of Arizona after a disappointing freshman year.  But a general education course in planetary science, taught by renowned scientist Dr. Robert H. Brown, changed the direction of her life. '];
presspiccaps[8]=['To pay for college, 20-year-old Ceylon Hollis works as many as 48 hours a week on the night shift at an automotive parts factory.  By day she takes classes, studies, and grabs sleep whenever she can.'];
presspiccaps[9]=['Twenty-nine-year-old Debra Stake has four children, holds down a full-time job, and is the first in her family to go to college. She attends the Community College of Denver.'];

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