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Greece Cuts Student Population at Universities by Half After Long Study Breaks Are Abolished

Greece Cuts Student Population at Universities by Half After Long Study Breaks Are Abolished

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have removed more than 300,000 inactive university students from public university records. The move announced on Friday nearly halves Greece’s official student population. The move ends a decades-old policy that allowed extended enrollment and long study breaks. The practice was abolished under recent legislation. The Education Ministry said that…MORE