Here are a couple recent articles on whether a college degree is worth achieving, especially given the current economic crisis and rising unemployment:
Brad Tuttle, "College By the Numbers": This basically runs down a lot of statistics in recent reports about higher education from around the Web.
"A College Degree Pays off--and Then Some: A Report": This provides a link to a College Board report that summarizes the various benefits of having a college education. The benefits are not simply economic (e.g., employability, salary) but also social (job satisfaction, marriage rates, involvement with children, health, voter participation, volunteerism). In a sense, this report suggests the ways in which having a higher education benefits not just the individual but also his/her family and community.
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