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66. Send him to a community college and than a state school if he needs college

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Wed Feb 29, 2012, 04:09 AM

Feb 2012

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Is college really worth it? [View all] moparlunatic Feb 2012 OP

Ask your son. If he does not know what he wants to do maybe he wants to join the Peace Corps Vincardog Feb 2012 #1

OVERALL, degrees greatly increase lifetime earnings. REPORT: "Lifetime Earnings Soar with Education" Hissyspit Feb 2012 #2

data compiled through 1996 using 1999 projections...LOL WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2012 #44

May 2011: "Employment rates for new college graduates have fallen sharply... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2012 #49

Here's an analysis that I find more realistic: Orrex Feb 2012 #57

Ha, I had actually read that before! Hissyspit Feb 2012 #62

The unemployment rate among people with college degrees The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #3

Not when that degree gets you $10/hr in a lot of cases. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #72

I think he would have a better future with a college education. AlinPA Feb 2012 #4

There is a very hard cap on non college grads professional potential. Ed Suspicious Feb 2012 #5

In theory, hughee99 Feb 2012 #6

I'm wondering how he is going to pay for the house if he doesn't have a degree. Hissyspit Feb 2012 #10

The house would be paid for by the college money.. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #23

I am wondering the origin of the college money. Hissyspit Feb 2012 #27

The first line of the OP.. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #30

Oh, yeah. Hissyspit Feb 2012 #32

I was assuming that this was money that had been put aside hughee99 Feb 2012 #28

this is exactly moparlunatic Feb 2012 #29

Yeah, but at 18 nobodyspecial Feb 2012 #40

Yeah, got it. I read the OP once about an hour and a half ago and forgot to Hissyspit Feb 2012 #34

I heard on a radio show the other day, that a college degree is worth cbayer Feb 2012 #7

See post #2. That is a report from 2011 based on 2000 population data. nt Hissyspit Feb 2012 #8

I saw your post after I posted mine. Yours has all the data. Good job. cbayer Feb 2012 #12

Yeah, I was editing it when you were posting. Just wanted to make sure you saw it. Hissyspit Feb 2012 #19

This is a great question... K&R midnight Feb 2012 #9

I'm 37 and a college freshmen Ed Suspicious Feb 2012 #11

Great post and I agree completely. cbayer Feb 2012 #16

Ed and cbay, kudos to you two WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2012 #45

Thanks. Ed Suspicious Feb 2012 #59

YES, Absolutely yes. It improves the quality of your entire life. Just having all that knowledge Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2012 #13

the hubs and I got married and had a child first THEN went to college. We WISH we had college first demtenjeep Feb 2012 #14

we went from living on 12-15 thousand a year to 150 thous a year WITH retirement demtenjeep Feb 2012 #18

I think it is, and it also depends Ilsa Feb 2012 #15

College is great but you do make some good points. bluerum Feb 2012 #17

My thought was moparlunatic Feb 2012 #24

Brace yourself for the tax implications of doing this nobodyspecial Feb 2012 #31

Question #1 ...Does he want to go to college? JoePhilly Feb 2012 #20

I went three AsahinaKimi Feb 2012 #21

If he goes to college, which is good, he should try to determine a specific idea of what RKP5637 Feb 2012 #22

If he is going to study something he loves. grantcart Feb 2012 #25

Given that he doesn't have a clear sense of what he wants to do. enlightenment Feb 2012 #26

There is No Need for Him to Go to College Immediately On the Road Feb 2012 #33

that really depends hfojvt Feb 2012 #64

You didn't need a college degree when unions were strong pstokely Feb 2012 #69

Why does an 18 year old a house? pstokely Feb 2012 #68

I think it depends on when a HS grad goes to college. rug Feb 2012 #35

I think your son should go to college if he is academically capable nobodyspecial Feb 2012 #36

I'm not sure if there is such a thing as a marketable degree. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2012 #60

Food for Thought: Robert Reich - No Longer Home Sweet Home: The Ongoing Housing Crisis and Hissyspit Feb 2012 #37

2 years at community college rucky Feb 2012 #38

This Betty88 Feb 2012 #71

college is for snobs Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 #39

Don't go to private school and major in philosophy on your dime pstokely Feb 2012 #70

If he knows he wants to go to college but doesn't know for what, stay local and stay public Massacure Feb 2012 #41

If he isn't a screwup... JSnuffy Feb 2012 #42

A mind is a terrible thing to waste, and the only thing that can't be taken from you bhikkhu Feb 2012 #43

I agree with most of what is said upthread XemaSab Feb 2012 #46

Short answer: probably not for most people Orrex Feb 2012 #47

If he has an academic inclination..absolutely The empressof all Feb 2012 #48

I have sort of a different take... WiffenPoof Feb 2012 #50

Exactly! The empressof all Feb 2012 #51

It depends on what your son wants paland99 Feb 2012 #52

Yes bigwillq Feb 2012 #53

Yes!!! It's worth it Paulie Feb 2012 #54

Not if it's unfocused. A generic degree is not the way to spend that money. Yo_Mama Feb 2012 #55

a lot of people need to move in order to find work Enrique Feb 2012 #56

Here is one suggestion that hasn't been made yet: Brigid Feb 2012 #58

If the kid is a "go getter" Go Vols Feb 2012 #61

College teaches you how to think. Zoeisright Feb 2012 #63

Certainly didn't teach Santorum that. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #74

He is not an idiot, he just plays one on tee vee. Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #82

It is terrible that you even have to ask that question. In most advanced countries college Fool Count Feb 2012 #65

Send him to a community college and than a state school if he needs college pstokely Feb 2012 #66

A plumber can make more than a philosophy major pstokely Feb 2012 #67

I majored in philosophy... meaculpa2011 Feb 2012 #75

They don't have cheap college today, even community colleges are expensive pstokely Feb 2012 #76

My son's tuition is... meaculpa2011 Feb 2012 #77

Anecdotes like yours are why I can't work up any outrage over diploma mills. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #79

This used to be a no-brainer.. sendero Feb 2012 #73

Why go into possible 100s of thousands of dollars of debt for "no real idea"? just1voice Feb 2012 #78

For me, if I didn't go to college and live on my own I would have been a mess. Jennicut Feb 2012 #80

we shipped most of the low education skilled work overseas. It isnt coming back. Ever. Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #81