Comments on: More Distractions from the Real Problems Facing Higher Education and the Economy http://blog.aacu.org/index.php/2009/12/16/distractions-from-problems-facing-higher-education-and-economy/ A blog from the LEAP Initiative Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:24:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Juliet Wehr Jones http://blog.aacu.org/index.php/2009/12/16/distractions-from-problems-facing-higher-education-and-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2180 Juliet Wehr Jones Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:53:49 +0000 http://blog.aacu.org/?p=418#comment-2180 I cannot agree more with your observations about this debate over the value of a college degree. The issue has more to do with the lack of wage growth overall than with the inherent value of the degree itself. Unfortunately too little attention (and money) is given to helping students make the right education decisions to begin with - which then results in lower graduation rates and people graduating with a degree without a career plan. Policymakers need to help and fund college career services counselors, who can show students how liberal arts degrees can be effectively used post graduation to do almost anything - and make a good living - contrary to what these alarmist reports are saying. I cannot agree more with your observations about this debate over the value of a college degree. The issue has more to do with the lack of wage growth overall than with the inherent value of the degree itself. Unfortunately too little attention (and money) is given to helping students make the right education decisions to begin with – which then results in lower graduation rates and people graduating with a degree without a career plan.

Policymakers need to help and fund college career services counselors, who can show students how liberal arts degrees can be effectively used post graduation to do almost anything – and make a good living – contrary to what these alarmist reports are saying.

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