Value of a University Degree

Chris Morris reports that those who lack a college degree often drop out of the workforce because wages for those without a college degree are so small. In the U.S.The pay differential now exceeds $20,000 annually

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Student Debt and the Middle Aged or Senior Debtor

Eleni Schirmer discusses the numbers of middle-aged or senior citizens struggling with student debt .

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Student Debt in America

Brian Alexander shares Bloomberg analysis of student debt.

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Student Debt

Jillian Berman analyzes a Federal Reserve report on "Consumer Credit Outstanding," which indicates that student loans now exceed $1.5 trillion.

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Student Debt

Greg Gottesman gives an impassioned TED Talk about the One Trillion Dollars in student loans. He doesn't offer a solution to those students loaded with debt, but he offers ideas for streamlining those obtaining an education.

My daughter commented that new technologies may eliminate professors. My response was that professors will continue to be the foundation of higher education, but the numbers of professors necessary in higher education will decrease. After all, there is a need for at least one expert in each field to write the courses and to do research. There is also a need for at least one buggy-whip maker. . . .

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