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jobs can be performed by someone without a college degree. The US Departmer
Education estimates that only 62 percent of those enrolled in four-year institutions
had earned a bachelor's degree six years later! This dilemma means that 38 perce
have likely wasted time and accumulated debt! In addition, in the
has risen tenfold
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For them, a university degree is essentia
attending college has the pot
to new ideas and relationships and helps promote their critical thinking skills. It al
Nevertheless, many college graduates report that what they learned on campus was
better described as personal rather than academic development. Likewise, they
report that the r
llue of college has more to do with developing their identity
practicing social skills than anything to do with the college curriculum. If you accep
It the prime reason for going to college is to provide a period for pure learning
maturation of a young person, the decision is made easy as it becomes a question of
affordability for the individual student
a Whatever college graduates want to do, most of them are going to have to adj
During the upcoming
ing to the US Department of La
demand will be for jobs that do not need a university degree. Those students who have
one to college to become urban planne
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d college
hard time to find jobs related to what they have learned. They may well hnd that the
only jobs available are sales agents, carpenters, mechanics or cable installers. In fa
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who have graduated in specialized helds often find that they have learned a
