Two similar articles have appeared that discuss the topic of “where” one gets a degree and its effect on starting median salary. What is most important, I think, is that both article refer to the data that is available on the website www.collegemeasures.org . (I commented on the Chronicle of Higher Education article and compared […]
WSJ Article: …Grads May Be Stuck in Low-Skill Jobs
March 26, 2013 by
My comment is below. Here is a link to the article and summary of the issue in the article that I commented on: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323466204578382753004333838.html#articleTabs%3Darticle%26commentId%3D5606582 Summary: 1. College graduates hired into low skilled jobs during the recession may be stuck there. 2. A study seems to indicate that the high tech jobs aren’t there.3. David Autor, […]
Comment on another of Jordan Weissmann’s posts in the Atlantic
March 22, 2013 by
I commented on http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/03/the-miserable-odds-of-a-poor-student-graduating-from-college-in-2-graphs/274250/#comments I wanted to note differences between schools. Here is a copy of my comment, but there are also some resonses on the site. Anyway, here is the copy. “Unfortunately, gross statistics can be misleading in the case of higher education. This can be especially true for low-income students who are most […]
Comparing College Value – Caveat Emptor
February 6, 2013 by
There is an article in yesterday’s (February 5) USA TODAY about the The Princeton Review’s list of “…150 schools that offer the best bang for the buck…” http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2013/02/05/princeton-review-best-value-colleges-tuition-debt/1890903/ The article explains how the schools were picked by the Princeton Review. It says that “…they are demanding academically…” which is defined in the article (and, thus, […]
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