Is a College Degree Worth the Cost?
The Declining Value Of Your College Degree
A four-year college degree, seen for generations as a ticket to a better life, is no longer enough to guarantee a steadily rising paycheck.
Just ask Bea Dewing. After she earned a bachelor’s degree — her second — in computer science from Maryland’s Frostburg State University in 1986, she enjoyed almost unbroken advances in wages, eventually earning $89,000 a year as a data modeler for Sprint Corp. in Lawrence, Kan.
Then, in 2002, Sprint laid her off…more-does-a-college-degree-pay-off
Also Worth a Look: Alternatives to College
I think this is very interesting. I don’t argue with WSJ’s numbers, but I do believe that an awful lot is missing from the picture that they are painting in this article.
I need to think about this a bit more, though…
Comment by Black on Campus — July 31, 2008 @ 4:54 pm