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Mike Filey’s column "The Way We Were" first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973.

Mike Filey’s column "The Way We Were" first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973.

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.

Mike Filey brings the stories of Toronto, its people and places, to life.

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