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Rephrased: Do people smart enough to get accepted to college earn the same amount whether they attend or not? Or is actually attending college necessary to ea
by metamemetics 16y ago
Rephrased:
Do people smart enough to get accepted to college earn the same amount whether they attend or not?
Or is actually attending college necessary to earn more because of knowledge imparted in classes?
- branden 16y agoOr is attending college necessary to earn more because employers hire people with degrees? That's hard to quantify, and you'd have to control for it to get the answer.
- metamemetics 16y agoAgreed. Conducting a meaningful longitudinal study with large enough group to control for confounds would be extremely hard. My personal view is of college as an institution where what you are really learning is how to function within institutions. Institutional training is therefore positive if you wish to continue joining institutions (large firms, academia, etc.) but otherwise irrelevant.