Well! As someone about to obtain a BSN at a fairly advanced (ancient?) age while also attempting to parent a teen who seems to want to go anywhere in life except war or college, this piece gave me a start and made my head hurt a little...
America's Most Overrated Product: the Bachelors Degree
Significant points are the time it takes (6-8 years or more for most), the amount of financial aid a student or family must take on (and recover from) to achieve this goal, and the amount of students who shouldn't have been accepted in the first place, drop out in debt and end up in jobs they could've gotten with a high school diploma anyway. The author postulates that colleges should be accountable to the students and families that hand over these vast sums and be able to demonstrate results, much like a tire company or other purveyor of a product does.
Food for thought. I may come back to this later.
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