A college degree is a lousy investment

[deaconson]

And I agree many of those degrees are not worth it vs the cost/debt incurred.

 

[awaken]

The New York Times has created a Build Your Own College Ranking tool. I am out of free views of the Times. Let me know what you come up with

Opinion | Build Your Own College Rankings

The values that you care about most should inform your top college choices.

www.nytimes.com

 

[HailToTheDeacons]

Your Priorities:
Athletics 50%
Party Scene 50%
3k-10k Students
Private
No Religious Affiliation

We're number 8!

 

[BeachBumDeac]

Duke to Expand Aid for NC and SC Students | Duke Today

today.duke.edu

Free tuition at duke for families under 150K

 

[mako1331]

Duke to Expand Aid for NC and SC Students | Duke Today

today.duke.edu

Free tuition at duke for families under 150K

Oh man, this may end up being painful for me in a decade or so.

 

[AMCDeac]

Good podcast on The Daily

 

[AMCDeac]

Great to see these changes, starting with federal loans for degrees and programs that will leave students in unaffordable debt. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/n...tp&cvid=d75eb53695de4906ab67139095379c92&ei=8 However, it seems they still need go stricter.

 

[siff]

The College Backlash Is Going Too Far

The bad vibes around higher education obscure the fact that young people are still far better off getting a four-year degree.

www.theatlantic.com

 

[myDeaconmyhand]

What Happens When a Poor State Guts Its Public University — The Atlantic

Do West Virginia kids of modest means deserve the humanities?

apple.news

 

[Biff Tannen]

$90,000 for an online degree at Columbia University.

If you entered Columbia in the fall of 2020 you got your first semester online and last semester online.

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

biff stands in solidarity with the cops clearing the columbia students from the camps

 

[Biff Tannen]

biff stands in solidarity with the cops clearing the columbia students from the camps

How many of those people do you think are actually students there ? If it's all of them, then there should be a whole lot of expulsions coming and opportunities for transfer students in the fall.

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

no idea and most of what i know about the tedious elite higher ed news of the past year or so is against my will

i just know which side you're on here

 

[wakephan09]

$90,000 for an online degree at Columbia University.

If you entered Columbia in the fall of 2020 you got your first semester online and last semester online.

Lol, Monday is the last day of classes. Don't be dumb