The Value Of College
For the past several years I’ve been reading articles about the value of a college education and whether or not the heavy burden of student loan debt was worth the “value” of going to college. This argument has always bothered me. Today I read two articles (article 1, article 2) from my hometown newspaper, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, discussing the cost of college and whether or not it was really economically worth that cost. “Value” is really about the monetary cost of college, and its preparation of a student for the world of work. Of course today the jobs aren’t out there and
