The labor market is demanding a higher level of skills, pressing more students to continue into college and junior college (tandai) courses.

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About 200 students registered to vote as Democrats because of the effort, said junior Sarah Kennedy, president of the College Democrats.

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In 2004, his junior year at Stanford, Reeves co-founded a non-profit that connects U.S. and Chinese college students through collaborative social projects.

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