[Bill,
April 29, 2008]
Yup, Part 9 million
Here's an article that questions whether college is worth it.
RTWT, as they say.
I've written about this before. I was extremely lucky when I went to college. Seton Hall was very catholic in this sense -- it was willing to teach you as much or as little as you wanted to know. You could skate by, or you could dig deep and really learn. The class sizes were small. The professors were usually pretty good and available. The price wasn't that high.
Granted, the facilities were terrible and ancient, and in an attempt to change that, SHU conducted an ambitious building project that meant my final three years on campus involved walking around various construction sites. (This was on a tiny campus to begin with.)
Was it worth it? In my case and in the case of most the people I knew, yes. Is it true anymore? Don't know. Haven't had a resume cross my desk from ole alma mater -- well, ever. And I've been hiring people for eight of the past 10 years.
RTWT, as they say.
I've written about this before. I was extremely lucky when I went to college. Seton Hall was very catholic in this sense -- it was willing to teach you as much or as little as you wanted to know. You could skate by, or you could dig deep and really learn. The class sizes were small. The professors were usually pretty good and available. The price wasn't that high.
Granted, the facilities were terrible and ancient, and in an attempt to change that, SHU conducted an ambitious building project that meant my final three years on campus involved walking around various construction sites. (This was on a tiny campus to begin with.)
Was it worth it? In my case and in the case of most the people I knew, yes. Is it true anymore? Don't know. Haven't had a resume cross my desk from ole alma mater -- well, ever. And I've been hiring people for eight of the past 10 years.
Techinical school, people. My brother in law is a printer, and he makes more than I do.
Assuming I could make 40k out of high school and get a raise of 5% per year and that college costs me 15k per year for 4 years, the opportunity cost of attending college is about 232k. Under quite reasonably projections without luck (no crazy stock options or bonuses), my degree would pay itself off by the time I hit 29. With the crazy stock options, it's already paid off at the age 24.7.