Is higher education in America overrated?

Education is not overrated; as one poster correctly noted, even if you don't use your degree every day (I am not a political scientist, for example), there's still utility and value in learning beyond just obtaining a fancy piece of paper. read more

Education is not overrated; as one poster correctly noted, even if you don't use your degree every day (I am not a political scientist, for example), there's still utility and value in learning beyond just obtaining a fancy piece of paper. read more

In addition to porcine administrations, a major reason for higher education's obscene cost is the country-club-like campus, replete with fabulous libraries, when most people do their reading and research on the Net and e-reader. Campuses should be much smaller and more spartan and thus more cost-effective. America’s most overrated product. read more

With innovation, entrepreneurship and significantly smarter fiscal policies, America should eventually escape its “hireless recovery.” But what won’t hasten new hiring — and might even dampen job prospects — is the mythical belief that higher education invariably leads to higher employment and better jobs. It doesn’t. read more