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Are College Degrees Losing value?
It’s a bit complicated…
After high school everyone has to make a big life decision, to commit four years of their life and probably thousands of dollars to; go to college and get a bachelor’s degree, go to a community college, a trade school route, or skip all of that in just straight to the work world, this is a really a personal decision. Everyone is different and what works for one person doesn’t necessarily mean it is going to work for everyone at the same time, a college education is often presented as the best option.
Whether you like it or not a college degree has become the ticket to access middle-class life. This is not our grandparents’ economy anymore. Back in the 1950s, a high school diploma could get someone a solid good-paying job. You could go to work on an assembly line in a factory, save money and even buy a house.
Opportunities
A college degree can open up doors and provide opportunities in life that most likely could not be made possible without one. It prepares you intellectually and socially for adult life. Jeffrey Arnett, a psychology professor at Clark University states, “Education is probably more strongly correlated with future happiness in adulthood than any other variable”. There is an array of studies proving that individuals who graduate college have greater…
