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A Guide to the Most Important Financial Decision You'll Ever Make
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June 2015
On Sale: June 9, 2015
224 pages ISBN: 1610395263 EAN: 9781610395267 Kindle: B00TT1VS0C Hardcover / e-Book
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Self-Help | Non-Fiction
The decision of whether to go to college, or where, is
hampered by poor information and inadequate understanding of
the financial risk involved.
Adding to the confusion,
the same degree can cost dramatically different amounts for
different people. A barrage of advertising offers new
degrees designed to lead to specific jobs, but we see no
information on whether graduates ever get those jobs. Mix in
a frenzied applications process, and pressure from
politicians for “relevant” programs, and there is an urgent
need to separate myth from reality.
Peter Cappelli,
an acclaimed expert in employment trends, the workforce, and
education, provides hard evidence that counters conventional
wisdom and helps us make cost-effective choices. Among the
issues Cappelli analyzes are:
•What is the real link
between a college degree and a job that enables you to pay
off the cost of college, especially in a market that is in
constant change? •Why it may be a mistake to pursue
degrees that will land you the hottest jobs because what is
hot today is unlikely to be so by the time you
graduate. •Why the most expensive colleges may actually
be the cheapest because of their ability to graduate
students on time. •How parents and students can find out
what different colleges actually deliver to students and
whether it is something that employers really
want.
College is the biggest expense for many
families, larger even than the cost of the family home, and
one that can bankrupt students and their parents if it works
out poorly. Peter Cappelli offers vital insight for parents
and students to make decisions that both make sense
financially and provide the foundation that will help
students make their way in the world.
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