The four-year college experience is as American as apple pie. So is the belief that higher education offers a ticket to a better life. But with student-loan debt surpassing the $1 trillion mark and unemployment of college graduates at historic highs, people are beginning to question that value.
In College (Un)bound, Jeffrey J. Selingo, editor at large of the Chronicle of Higher Education, argues that America s higher education system is broken. The great credentials race has turned universities into big businesses and fostered an...
What is the value of a college degree?
The four-year college experience is as American as apple pie. So is the belief that higher education offe...