The Hartford Courant
I gritted my teeth and clicked the mouse to transfer the last installment for my daughter's fall college tuition.
I'm pretty much OK with that because a college education still pays off, handsomely. The median annual earnings of a college graduate are still about $20,000 more than what a high school graduate takes in, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Over a lifetime, census figures show, the typical college graduate earns about $550,000 more than a high school graduate. That's comforting because as a journalist, it's essential to raise financially independent children.
But as life grows more complicated and higher education too often remains rooted in 19th and early 20th century ideals, along come disruptive thinkers such as the founder of PayPal, Peter Thiel, who has gotten a lot of attention for questioning whether colleges are truly about learning. MORE
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