Aging states to college graduates: We’ll pay you to stay

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From Jon Marcus / The Hechinger Report: As their workforces age, states across the United States are offering student loan repayment to incentivize college graduates to stick around. Now Maine and Vermont are the first to offer it to those with degrees in any field with very few caveats.

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