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Harvard Magazine has published a chart showing how the number of bachelor degrees has changed in the past decade. Computer science has had a  100% increase, while engineering, math & statistics, and biology have grown 50% or more. Meanwhile there have been declines of 20% or more in religion, languages, history, area studies and humanities.

The Census Bureau  predicts that by 2034 adults over 65 will outnumber children under 18.

 Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) has been serving in the Senate for so long that when he arrived in 1975, there were no women senators. In the 47 years since, Leahy has cast 17,000 votes, served alongside 400 senators and ascended to third in line to the presidency. Today, the last remaining "Watergate baby" (and a star in five "Batman" movies) delivered his farewell address after negotiating one last omnibus funding bill as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee

By 55% to 23%, Americans say the U.S. should continue to offer asylum to people who arrive at the border, if they are found to be fleeing persecution, according to a new survey conducted for The Times by the YouGov polling organization.