The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

All over the place, average people are completely squeezing the pips out of life The question I am a 22-year-old woman who has just graduated from university and am feeling extremely average. I grew up in an “education-heavy” household where success was measured in excellent marks and prestigious universities, and any good grades I received didn’t seem satisfactory.

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Higher Education Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Let us know what you think about where we are in higher education (and society), where we are going, and what brought us here. We have our own ideas and opinions but value your perspective. Post a comment or email us and share your ideas. Related links: Higher Education Uncensored Good ideas are stolen. Great ideas are buried. We uncover both. And we publish them.

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Higher Education Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

[Editor's note: This article first appeared in Randall Collins' blog The Sociological Eye.] Belief in the value of college education was sacrosanct throughout most of the 20th century. In the early 2000s, the question began to be raised whether the payoff in terms of a better-paying job was worth the cost. For several generations, almost a taboo topic--but once out in the open, an increasing percentage of the US population has concluded a college degree is not worth it.

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Higher Education Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

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