Re: Degree or Not Degree?

Subject: Re: Degree or Not Degree?
From: Elna Tymes <etymes -at- LTS -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 19:46:18 -0700

Kris Olberg wrote:
>
> The one thing a college degree does is to provide the hiring individual
> with the knowledge that, at least statistically, a degreed applicant can
> learn more easily than and individual without. It's up the hiring
> individual to determine whether that information is useful.

Oh for heaven's sake! There have been numerous studies over the years
demonstrating that a college degree has economic value, starting with
average salaries when one leaves school, and compounding over one's
working life. A few minutes spent with a search engine would have
turned up a few.

Try
http://nestegg.iddis.com/nestegg/articles/inv_11.html

for starters.

Elna Tymes

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