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After Michael Nicholson graduated from high school, he spent four years earning a bachelor’s degree and another three years completing a master’s degree. In the meantime, he got married and went to work.

That sounds like the life story of literally millions of people in the United States. But one thing that is different about Nicholson’s situation is that he decided that he wanted to keep learning. So, he began taking college courses as he could afford them.

And even though Nicholson’s first two degrees were from private institutions, he began attending public universities because the tuition...