College Is For Suckers Do you really need that four-year college degree?
- If I can't convince you that college is for suckers, that's fine. But you should believe me when I tell you that STUDENT LOANS are definitely for suckers!
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If I haven't convinced you that college is for suckers, I simply cannot stress enough that STUDENT LOANS ARE DEFINITELY FOR SUCKERS: studentloanjustice.org
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Is the Ivy League "Worth It"? |
The Richest Colleges Harvard has long been the richest school in the known universe. Its endowment of $30 billion exceeds the gross national product of 110 different countries. But if no one catches up to it anytime soon (and no one will) it won't be for lack of trying. The last two decades have seen a frenzy of fundraising unprecedented in the history of higher education, a frenzy that is still on the rise. |
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| Chancellor: Veto College Credit Program Chancellor Erroll Davis said in a letter to Gov. Sonny Perdue that the veto is necessary to protect academic integrity. But the bill's sponsor said the chancellor's real concern is money. |
U.S. College Students Spend $50 Billion Annually According to Latest Nationwide Online Study MarketSource and Harris Interactive Study Provides Unprecedented Comparative Data On 2-yr to 4-yr, Part-Time and Full-Time Students and Their 18-24-Year Old Peers Who Are Not in School. | |
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Dorm Alternatives - from Dr. Ruth's Guide to College Life
Dorm Alternatives - from Dr. Ruth's Guide to College Life - Excerpts from her new book covering dorm life, sex, drugs, alcohol, food, coeducation, health and work.
Hook up in more ways than one. : CollegeClub.com
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- NAFSA estimates that foreign students and their dependents contributed approximately $13.29 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2004-2005 academic year.
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- Back-to-College Spending to Reach $26 Billion
- Tuition is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to college expenses. The first annual NRF 2003 Back-to-College Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey found that the average consumer buying back-to-college merchandise will spend $665.86, pumping $25.8 billion into the economy.
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- Inside Higher Ed :: Expense Account Hall of Shame
- Inside Higher Ed offers free online news and job information for college and university faculty, adjuncts, graduate students, and administrators.
- University President Salaries Soar Into the Millions - The Tech
- Donald E. Ross turned Lynn University, once a nearly bankrupt two-year Catholic school for women in Boca Raton, Fla., into a thriving four-year liberal arts college. Now, as Mr. Ross nears retirement after 34 years as president, it is apparent how much the board of trustees appreciates his work.Donald E. Ross turned Lynn University, once a nearly bankrupt two-year Catholic school for women in Boca Raton, Fla., into a thriving four-year liberal arts college. Now, as Mr. Ross nears retirement after 34 years as president, it is apparent how much the board of trustees appreciates his work.
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- Our Founder: Donald Trump - Forbes.com
- Trump brings his name to online education. Will people click? Of course.
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- CampusProgress.org | The Kids Aren’t Alright: Why Middle Class Security is so Last Generation
- Tuition Increases Slow at Public Colleges, According to the College Board's 2005 Reports on College Pricing and Financial Aid
- Jobs: Worst pay for the investment - Aug. 17, 2005
- NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – Most of us work hard for a living. And if we're lucky, we're well compensated for the effort.
- AFT: Publications: American Educator: Spring 2004: All Good Jobs Don't Require a College Degree
- village voice > news > Generation Debt by Anya Kamenetz
- Generation Debt
- NAS Press Release - Education Today and in 1955
- Ten Ways to Market Your Liberal Arts Degree
- Liberal arts as a valuable major. Here are 10 ways to market yourself to employers as a liberal-arts graduate -- on the strength of the degree alone.
- PBS: Think Tank: Transcript for "Do the liberal arts need saving?"
- Liberal Arts College Presidents Speak Out on Liberal Arts Colleges' Role in Shaping Moral Values
- The presidents of liberal arts colleges in the United States offer special insight into today’s education news and issues in higher education.
- Amazon.com: So You'd Like to... Give Yourself a Liberal Arts Education
- So You'd Like to... Give Yourself a Liberal Arts Education
- Offering Perks, Lenders Court Colleges’ Favor - New York Times
- With rising tuition making private student loans a big business, lenders are courting universities in hopes that they will steer students their way.
- College prices keep rising for 2006-07 school year - Oct. 24, 2006
- The average cost of a four-year private college jumped to $30,367 this school year, the first time the average has broken the $30,000 mark.
- College tuition, fees up at four-year public schools - CNN.com
- It's what passes for good news right now for students and parents: This year, the price of college went up only somewhat faster than the cost of everything else.
- The US doesn't need more college grads | csmonitor.com
- Schools should be raising standards – not lowering them to increase admissions numbers.
- Johnny Lechner college student since 1994
- AUTODIDACTIC PRESS - lifelong learning advocate, Charles D. Hayes
College Quotes
A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B. ~"Fats" Domino
College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go to a strange town and get drunk every night? ~David Wood
Does college pay? They do if you are a good open-field runner. ~Will Rogers
College football is a sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture. ~Elbert Hubbard
College is a place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage. ~George Gobel
A liberal-arts education is supposed to provide you with a value system, a standard, a set of ideas, not a job. ~Caroline Bird
I have a degree in liberal arts. Do you want fries with that? ~Author unknown, as seen on a T-shirt
College isn't a place to go to for ideas ~Helen keller
College Is For Suckers
by April Norhanian
- Shatters myths about the need for a traditional liberal arts education
- Compares the hype with the actual value of a four-year degree in today's market
- Examines the extra fluff included in the college experience and shares anecdotes of what people really remember about their college days
- Provides thought-provoking questionnaires to help readers decide if college is necessary for them, or at least necessary for them now
- Offers creative alternatives for achieving a marketable education
- Lists valuable resources for obtaining knowledge, credentials and experience (other than a four-year college
