ACTA in the NewsCosts
We asked 6,000 New Englanders: Is a college degree still worth the cost?
Is college still worth it? At universities today, it’s a nearly $125,000 question — that’s how much
ACTA’s Erik Gross serves up a conversation with Jason Brennan and Phillip Magness, the authors of “Cracks In the Ivory Tower: The Moral Mess of Higher Education.” Their microeconomic approach to analyzing the adversities plaguing today’s colleges and universities lays out a gripping narrative that is sure to challenge orthodoxies in the Academy.
Is college still worth it? At universities today, it’s a nearly $125,000 question — that’s how much
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