9 ms·
Or on average they stayed in school longer than their parents, which tends to delay everything, including high earnings years.
by twoodfin 8y ago
Or on average they stayed in school longer than their parents, which tends to delay everything, including high earnings years.
- enraged_camel 8y agoMaybe, but it's worth noting that college is tremendously more expensive today than it was back when Boomers were attending it. We're talking an order of magnitude or more. edit: not multiple orders of magnitude
- beaconstudios 8y agoalso, more people are attending college. College didn't used to be something everyone went to. With the proliferation of student loans, universities have no reason to keep fees down.
- asdff 8y agoLiving wage jobs are much harder to secure without a college degree, full stop. I read a headline today that in the Inland Empire, 50% of jobs do not pay a living wage.
- refurb 8y agoMultiple orders of magnitude? So 100x or 1000x? I don't think so.
- giardini 8y agoenraged_camel says>"college is tremendously more expensive today than it was back when Boomers were attending it..." Especially when you're - unable to understand cumulative interest (slept in math class), - unwilling to take advantage of cheaper state and community colleges and trade schools, - unwilling to avoid careers with little to no viable economic future (women's studies, fine arts, politics, history, English,etc.).