Sunday, November 29, 2009

Forum on the Costs and Benefits of Attending College

I haven't had time to post much at all since the beginning of the semester, but a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education summarizes responses to various questions about college attendance and tuition from a number of experts on university education and economics.


The article is here.


Many of the scholars interviewed have important things to say about the increasing price tag of attending universities, the effect on the American economy, the comparison of U.S. schools with those in other countries, and the question of whether every high school graduate should really be going to college.