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
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Back on March 19, 2008 this country noted the fifth anniversary of the Iraq conflict and paid its respect to our fallen heroes who have given their lives and paid the ultimate price for what we would call freedom.
The U. S. soldier casualty count stands at 4,102 at the time of this blog posting.
According to CNN casualty figures, (as of May 2008), 2,182 of the fallen soldiers were between the ages of 17 and 24 years old (1,196 were less than 22).
Since this is a college planning website, I sometimes find myself wondering how many of those young men and women, especially those between the ages of 17 and 22 might be making preparations to go to, or would be getting ready to finish college at this time.
This post is not a political post and does not seek to justify nor condemn the Iraq conflict. I am curious however, and wonder if we might still be engaged in this conflict if all of the sons and daughters of our Washington politicians were out on the battlefield…To Read the Entire Article Click Here
According to Forbes magazine, Harvard students have a greater chance of becoming billionaires than any other college graduates.
Of the 469 Americans on Forbes’ most recent list of the world’s billionaires, 50 received at least one degree from Harvard.
The school has produced 20 more current American billionaires than No. 2 on our list, Stanford University. Also on the list were:
3. University of Pennsylvania - 27
4. Yale University - 19
5. Columbia University - 15
6. Princeton University - 13
7. New York University (tie) - 10
7. University of Chicago (tie) - 10
Harvard is consistently ranked as one of the top schools in the country. Its $35 billion endowment makes it the best-funded college in the United States…Read the full article
The Declining Value Of Your College Degree
