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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]It is unfortunate that college and other “degrees” are often framed in terms of “payback” “investment” and other financial terms[/b]. I’ve often thought a more educated populace makes for a better person, and society, thus knowledge and knowing, can be fulfilling pursuits in themselves.  Wouldn’t it be great to have ditch diggers who center their work within advanced mathematics and physics principles? Let a younger generation do the ditch digging as they pursue deeper and greater understanding of the world around them.[/quote]
Well, Jan, for most of us money is finite, and since my children are not heirs/heiresses, they must earn a living when they are older. Thus, degree programs must be chosen with that in mind. Their educations will cost more than the down payment for our house.

Investment/payback/etc. is not the ONLY consideration, to be sure, but it certainly needs to be part of the equation for the vast, vast majority of families given the cost of college and (for most students) student loan payments for which interest does not stop generating nor payment due dates cease because one has decided to focus strictly on pursuing "deeper and greater understanding of the world around them." Unless you think we should return to a time when college was only for a small sliver of the population (i.e., the most privileged). [/quote]

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