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Ask an Expert: Wake Forest's new president on the economics of a college education

Wake Forest University President Elect Peter Rodriguez
Nick Fantasia
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Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University President-elect Peter Rodriguez

Colleges now have to prove their degrees pay off. Under the federal tax and spending law signed last summer, undergraduate programs must show that their graduates earn more than people with only a high school diploma, or risk losing access to federal student loans.

For this edition of Ask an Expert, WFDD Morning Host Robin Lambert spoke with Dr. Peter Rodriguez, an economist and Wake Forest University's new president.

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