So, Time Magazine published yet another article last week distracting everyone from the serious challenges facing the American educational system.  With the alarmist headline, “Is a College Degree Worth Less?” the magazine distracted its readers more than it educated them.  In truth, the article was far less alarmist than the headline indicated.  After stating the obvious fact that more students are going to college and graduating with BA degrees—thereby increasing the “supply” of degree holders and, potentially, diluting the value of those degrees—the article notes that, “employers stress that a basic degree remains essential, carefully tiptoeing around the idea that its value has plummeted.”

Luckily for us, Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce continues to set the record straight on the continuing value of a college degree.  Make no mistake about it, even as more and more students flock to college and even in the midst of a recession with high unemployment rates for everyone, “college is still the best option.” Read the rest of this entry »