‘Blind growth’ of Iran’s universities ‘worsened’ high unemployment

Academics worry that more middle-class families will reconsider university as usefulness of degrees cast into doubt

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June 7, 2023

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June 7, 2023

Woman looking out of a window in Tehran, Iran to illustrate ‘Blind growth’ of Iran’s universities ‘worsened’ high unemployment

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