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From: TimF	5/3/2005 9:56:31 PM
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The College Myth posted 11:48 AM by Glen Whitman Matthew Yglesias and David Adesnik both buy into the myth that universal college education is desirable. But it is indeed a myth, and it’s high time we admitted it. There’s simply no basis whatsoever for thinking everyone should get a college education. It’s true that the returns to higher education have risen substantially over the last few decades. As a result, we should expect a larger fraction of the public to attend college. But a larger fraction does not translate into 100%. Like it or not, some people are just not college material; they would be better served by vocational or on-the-job training (or by a better high school education than our public schools provide). Moreover, the attempt to provide universal higher education has the pernicious effect of reducing the value of higher education... agoraphilia.blogspot.com

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