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Re: Getting Paid Back for a College Education: 15 Top Schools

Tango&Cash — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:13:09 -0000

Higher education has too many faces now, and while I'm not so scathing as to label it just another product, to most people and in many ways it is.

It is brand driven, so the economic reality for most liberal arts students is that they pay exorbitantly for what they actually get from "most competitive" universities/corporations. The industrial consumer education complex's idea of "super sizing" tuition needs to die, and hopefully will soon.

Re: Getting Paid Back for a College Education: 15 Top Schools

Harlan Landes — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:34:27 -0000

Hm, sounds like an intra-Georgia rivalry.

Re: Getting Paid Back for a College Education: 15 Top Schools

Steven — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:31:49 -0000

Nice to see that GA Tech is high up on that list (I am a current student), but as Kyle stated, U[sic]GA's numbers have to be wrong.

Re: Getting Paid Back for a College Education: 15 Top Schools

matt @ Thrive — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:18:23 -0000

I think you hit it on the head, Flexo, when you noted that ROI is a pretty poor way of actually understanding the happiness you derive from an experience. After all, liberal arts schools have the lowest return in this survey financially, and yet breed some of the best and brightest in the country. It is simply that best and brightest rarely maps to "most highly paid". *grins*

Re: Getting Paid Back for a College Education: 15 Top Schools

Kyle — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:36:55 -0000

Love the photo of my alma mater's football stadium. The UGA numbers must to be wrong, though. Cow milking can't possibly pay that well.