Is the Value of College Going Really Declining?.

Witmer, David R.

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Publication Date: 1976

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Is the Value of College Going Really Declining?

Witmer, David R.

Change, 8, 11, 46-7,60-1, Dec 76

The future economic value of college-going is examined in a reply to the pessimistic view offered by Freeman and Hollomon in a 1975 article. It is shown that the issue will remain urgent for years to come, but that the social return on the college investment has not declined. (LBH)

Descriptors: College Graduates, College Role, Economic Factors, Economic Opportunities, Educational Assessment, Expectation, Higher Education, Income, Living Standards, Social Status

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