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The Roadmap to Investing in Yourself

The Real Costs of a College Education
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 2022

Summary

The Roadmap to Investing in Yourself: The Real Costs of a College Education, 2nd Edition discusses many of the economic misconceptions about earning a college degree. While it is widely believed that attending college in itself guarantees wealth, thinking of a college degree as a commodity has kept students, parents, and higher education professionals from understanding the full range of short-term and long-term costs. This book illustrates how the promotion of education merely as a commodity comes at a high price for both the individual and society. Authors Tara Jabbaar-Gyambrah and Seneca Vaught argue that the idea of ‘investment’ must shift from a short-sighted view, focusing only on economic concerns, to a broader and more holistic understanding of what college costs and what students can expect in return.

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Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-4758-6612-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-4758-6614-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
158
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Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Preface No access
    3. Acknowledgments No access
    4. Introduction No access
  1. Why Does College Cost So Much? No access Pages 1 - 14
  2. What Happens When You Major for Money? No access Pages 15 - 32
  3. Why Are American Universities So Expensive? No access Pages 33 - 42
  4. Who Pays the Most for College? No access Pages 43 - 52
  5. Why Is It So Easy to Get Loans and So Hard to Repay? No access Pages 53 - 70
  6. What Is Your College Education Worth? No access Pages 71 - 86
  7. Why It’s Important to Invest in Yourself No access Pages 87 - 98
  8. Conclusion No access Pages 99 - 104
  9. Appendix No access Pages 105 - 134
  10. Bibliography No access Pages 135 - 146
  11. Index No access Pages 147 - 156
  12. About the Authors No access Pages 157 - 158

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