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Old-school lawyer Albert Schmidt has spent years climbing the ladder of success.

This two-book bundle is an essential handbook for any student or parent considering college. Learn why a degree is no longer a passport to success in today's job market.

This two-book bundle is an essential handbook for any student or parent considering university. Learn why a degree is no longer a passport to success in today's job market.

A degree is no longer a passport to success in today’s job market. Going to university used to be a passport to future success, but that’s no longer the case.

Going to college used to be a passport to future success, but that’s no longer the case.

Going to college used to be a passport to future success, but that's no longer the case.

Going to college used to be a passport to future success, but that's no longer the case.

Going to college used to be a passport to future success, but that's no longer the case.

Going to university used to be a passport to future success, but that’s no longer the case.

Going to university used to be a passport to future success, but that’s no longer the case.

Going to university used to be a passport to future success, but that’s no longer the case.

Two professors look at the mystique around universities and the consequences of “credentialism.” For decades, we have promoted the idea that a university degree is a passport to future career succ

Thomas Mistler, a New York advertising executive has only six months to live. He takes a solitary holiday in Venice, and encounters a young photographer and finally the love of his youth.

Albert Schmidt, proud traditional gentleman and lawyer of the old school, was almost down for the count.

Schmidt is a self-described maverick WASP attorney who now heads a foundation established by his magnanimous billionaire Jewish Egyptian friend, Mike Mansour.