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Enough of the College-for-Everyone Agenda
« on: February 11, 2017, 02:11:28 pm »
Enough of the College-for-Everyone Agenda
February 9, 2017 George Leef   Leave a comment

Every so often, someone in the higher ed establishment does a bit of cheerleading for the team –proclaim that college degrees are so beneficial that the country should try to put far more young people through college.

The most venerable such effort is a report that the College Board puts out every three years entitled College Pays. Here is the most recent in the series. The formula is the same every time: point to the fact that on average, people who have finished college earn more than people who haven’t, then call the difference between those averages the “college earnings premium” and imply that the causal factor is having gotten that degree.

http://www.mindingthecampus.org/2017/02/enough-of-the-college-for-everyone-agenda/
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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2017, 03:17:16 pm »
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The formula is the same every time: point to the fact that on average, people who have finished college earn more than people who haven’t, then call the difference between those averages the “college earnings premium” and imply that the causal factor is having gotten that degree.