eunrelatedsubject,thenathree-yearlawdegreeatone\rof200lawschoolsauthorizedbytheAmericanBarAssociationandanexpensive\rpreparationforthebarexam.Thisleavestoday'saveragelaw-schoolgraduatewith\r$100,000ofdebtontopofundergraduatedebts.\r?2012KText4L\rTheresearchofTillVonWachter,theeconomistinColumbiaUniversity,suggeststhat\rnotallpeoplegraduatingintoarecessionseetheirlifechancesdimmed:thosewith\rdegreesfromeliteuniversitiescatchupfairlyquicklytowheretheyotherwisewould\rhavebeeniftheyhadgraduatedinbettertimes;itisthemassesbeneaththemthatare\rleftbehind.\r?2014Text4]\r“TheHeartoftheMatter,"thejust-releasedreportbytheAmericanAcademyofArts\randSciences(AAAS),deservespraiseforaffirmingtheimportanceofthehumanities\randsocialsciencestotheprosperityandsecurityofliberaldemocracyinAmerica.\r14