More Kids Major in Going Slow; Why students all over the country are taking so long to graduate from college.

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Byline: Pat Wingert

Travis Quezon is a modern-day Renaissance man. During his seven years in college, most of them at the University of Hawaii, he has studied chemistry and oceanography, art history and sign language. A few years ago, he decided to get focused and major in English--and geography. He can't say exactly when he'll graduate. "Maybe next May," he muses.

It used to be that kids went to college for four years. But a new study, released this spring, shows that most students today take about five years...

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