Majorities say getting a college education is more important today than it was 10 years ago

Monday 7 December 2009

ON THE AGENDA

The Real Danger of "Climategate"

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson
Dec 7, 2009

"Climategate" was the obsession of the cable news shows this weekend, as pundits analyzed the snarky e-mails from prominent climate scientists more intent on stamping out opposing views than transparently reporting their own results.

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Abandoned Dreams On Campus

Scott Bittle
Dec 7, 2009

The statistics are staggering: six in 10 students at two-year colleges don't complete their degree in six years. Four in 10 of all students at four-year colleges don't complete, either.

Why? If getting an education is the most important step a young person can take to get ahead, why are so many young people failing to follow through?

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Majorities say getting a college education is more important today than it was 10 years ago

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Re: Majorities say getting a college education is more important today than it was 10 years ago

On November 15, 2008 karren says:

Frankly I am really dissapointed with the current educational system as it's highly unequitable. Having a college degree has become to be just a formality, it doesn't matter what you know or you don't know and I can't accept this ufair reality, I rather have a fake degree instead of wasting my time in college.