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Re-thinking higher education
March 17th, 201002:23 PM ET"Is a college education still worth the investment?" That was the question we asked in an SMI cover story five months ago. Here's a quick summary: In recent decades, going off to college has become the de facto expectation for students graduating from high school. A college degree is often seen as the key to launching a successful career.Bu... -
Earnings gap between college grads, high-school grads overstated
February 12th, 201008:38 AM ETBy Joseph SlifeHere's an addendum to our October 2009 cover article, Is a College Education Still Worth the Investment?: The long-touted lifetime-earnings gap between college graduates and high-school graduates isn't as wide as commonly reported. The Wall Street Journal has details in a story that bears out some of the analysis in our cover article. In re... -
Bachelor's degree: "necessary, but not sufficient"
December 11th, 200910:36 AM ETBy Mark BillerFollowing up on Joseph's October cover article, here's an article from Time magazine asking "Is a College Degree Worth Less?" While covering many of the same bases as Joseph's article, the emphasis here is that because so many people have bachelor's degrees now, they just aren't worth that much to employers. In fact, some employers have come t... -
College costs continue upward
October 23rd, 200908:36 AM ETBy Joseph SlifePrices are down in quite a few areas of the economy, but not in higher education. Not by a long shot. The New York Times has details from the College Board's latest "Trends in College Pricing" report. The price of a college education rose substantially last year.... Hit hard by state budget cuts, four-year public colleges raised tuition and fe...
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