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Is College Education No Longer Worth It?

Because college fees are so high compared to the financial benefits a degree provides, the cost may no longer be justifiable.
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Is College Education No Longer Worth It?
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Mark Ford
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Years ago, I argued with my libertarian friends about the value of a college education. They saw it as a waste of time and a senseless expenditure of money. They thought this was especially true for anyone who majored in the liberal arts, which was my chosen field.

Mark Ford
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Mark Ford is an entrepreneur and author of several best-selling books. He is Chief Growth Strategist at Agora Publishing, where he oversaw a climb in readership from about 100,000 to more than 3 million, and a growth in revenues from $8 million to more than $1 billion. Since 2000, he has focused on writing for Agora, John Wiley & Sons, and on his blog markford.net.
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