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The argument against college is that it too has become a lottery rather than an investment, one with an unacceptably high ticket price. I'd like to see the dis
by gress 13y ago
The argument against college is that it too has become a lottery rather than an investment, one with an unacceptably high ticket price.
I'd like to see the distinction made between the historical increase in earnings resulting from a college degree, and the projected increase.
- snowwrestler 13y agoI don't know of any data indicating that college "has become a lottery." Life is a lottery; no one is guaranteed health, let alone financial stability or success. College is part of life so it can't guarantee success either. But in every study I've seen, people who complete college are more likely to achieve financial stability than those who do not. So, if it is a lottery, it's one that is biased toward the student.
- gress 13y agoAre those studies backward looking, or forward looking, and does 'financial stability' mean decades paying of debt?