The Roadmap to Investing in Yourself
The Real Costs of a College Education- Authors:
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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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Bibliographic data
- 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
- Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Introduction No access
- Why Does College Cost So Much? No access Pages 1 - 14
- What Happens When You Major for Money? No access Pages 15 - 32
- Why Are American Universities So Expensive? No access Pages 33 - 42
- Who Pays the Most for College? No access Pages 43 - 52
- Why Is It So Easy to Get Loans and So Hard to Repay? No access Pages 53 - 70
- What Is Your College Education Worth? No access Pages 71 - 86
- Why It’s Important to Invest in Yourself No access Pages 87 - 98
- Conclusion No access Pages 99 - 104
- Appendix No access Pages 105 - 134
- Bibliography No access Pages 135 - 146
- Index No access Pages 147 - 156
- About the Authors No access Pages 157 - 158





