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Pressure to graduate and “hit the ground running” is part of why students are involved in circus-like contortion. Lightning rips through the clouds over a circus tent in Glen Allen, Va. in 1999. (AP Photo/ Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dean Hoffmeyer)

To survive today’s economy, university students are using circus‑like tactics

Juggling, sword swallowing, contorting: What I heard in interviews and research with students studying and working to get ahead shaped using circus arts metaphors to understand and analyze their experiences.

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