According to Ellen Ruppel Shell, in a bracing New York Times article, “College May Not Be Worth It Anymore,” the staggering cost of higher education has reached $1.3 trillion in student loans, more than doubling over the course of a decade. She also notes that the 40 percent of people who drop out of college earn just slightly more than high school graduates, barely enough to cover their college debt. She writes, “We appear to be approaching a time when, even for middle-class students, the economic benefit of a college degree will begin to seem dim.” Shell tops it off with an eye-opening
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