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Published by 18mmgeorge, 2017-10-20 07:40:32

Is the Tassle Worth the Hassle?

gov is the tassle

Economic​ B​ enefit
● “Young​ a​ dults​ w​ ith​ a​ ​ ​high​ s​ chool​ d​ iploma​ ​earned​ 6​ 2%​ ​of​ ​the​ ​typical​ ​salary​ ​of
college​ g​ raduates.”​ ​(earning​ ​gap​ ​between​ c​ ollege​ a​ nd​ h​ ighschool)


Student​ ​Debt
● “​ A​ fter​ ​holding​ ​my​ ​masters​ f​ or​ ​three​ ​years,​ i​ ’m​ ​still​ ​trying​ ​to​ ​find​ ​a​ m​ asters​ l​ evel
position.​ ​I​ ​have​ ​been​ s​ eeking​ ​employment​ ​for​ ​about​ ​three​ ​years​ a​ nd​ ​after​ ​about
a​ h​ undred​ ​interviews,​ ​I’m​ l​ eft​ d​ oing​ c​ ontract​ ​work​ $​ 19​ ​an​ ​hour.”​ A​ ​ ​graduate​ f​ rom
Chatham​ ​University​ s​ tates.​ H​ er​ ​student​ ​debt​ i​ s​ $​ 86,000.​ ​ ​(debt​ s​ tories1)
○ Mother​ o​ f​ ​three,​ ​married,​ ​can’t​ ​afford​ a​ ​ ​home

● A​ l​ ot​ o​ f​ ​these​ a​ rticles​ g​ o​ t​ o​ s​ how​ ​that​ ​college​ i​ s​ b​ ecoming​ s​ o​ e​ xpensive​ ​that
middle​ c​ lass​ ​people,​ w​ hich​ m​ ake​ u​ p​ ​most​ o​ f​ ​the​ u​ nited​ ​States,​ c​ an’t​ e​ ven​ a​ fford
to​ g​ o​ ​and​ p​ ay​ b​ ack​ t​ he​ d​ ebt.

● The​ F​ ederal​ ​reserve​ ​states​ ​after​ ​a​ r​ eport​ ​on​ ​student​ d​ ebt,​ “​ ​The​ r​ eport​ ​found​ t​ hat
student​ ​debt​ r​ emains​ t​ he​ ​second​ l​ argest​ s​ ource​ o​ f​ h​ ousehold​ d​ ebt​ b​ ehind
mortgages”​ (​ student​ d​ ebt​ i​ s​ t​ errible)



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