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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Study Abroad? Why American Students Head North

"Almost 10,000 American students are heading to Canada for higher education every year for the past five years, according to the Canadian Embassy in Washington, up from just 2,300 15 years ago."
Posted by John Jaeger at 1:07 PM
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