>> you do not believe that getting a university degree will raise your earnings by at least X% then it probably is not in your best interest to attend universit

>> you do not believe that getting a university degree will raise your earnings by at least X% then it probably is not in your best interest to attend university I was unaware that the role of university was to take your salary from X to X+Delta. What if you are a better citizen, a nurse (earning less than a secretary, but contributing more), a street artist? What if you earned more as a construction worker, but instead studied science and work part time as a scientist and part time doing community work? The salary and taxes are not the only measure of your contribution to society and of the positive effect of university.