David Kirp's new book reviewed at the Wall Street Journal
David Kirp's new book
The College Dropout Scandal was reviewed this week at the WSJ.
❝ How much is a college degree worth? There are many ways to answer that question—the additional lifetime earnings, the mind-opening courses, the contacts with fellow alumni. But here’s a harder question: How much is some college attendance worth? The answer, unfortunately, is almost nothing. As David Kirp notes in “The College Dropout Scandal,” “the contention that college is the engine of social mobility is false advertising for the 34 million Americans over twenty-five … [WSJ.com]
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