Is college worth it? High school seniors anxiously awaiting admissions decisions might find that question bizarre, but recently some strenuous arguments have been leveled against the value of a college degree. For more insight into those arguments, we turned to Dale J. Stephens, 20, the founder of UnCollege, which urges students to “hack their education” by finding their own pathways to success. We asked Mr. Stephens for his responses to the five main arguments most often given for going to college. Here’s what he had to say. Read more at:
http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/why-go-to-college-at-all/?partner=rss&emc=rss
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