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> As far as a springboard for a career, I haven’t seen colleges come close to worth the price of admission.

This right here.

The strongest argument against the status quo is that the juice isn’t worth the squeeze.

In aggregate college graduates could achieve equal or greater levels of learning, relative to their chosen profession, and cost, with education regimes other than the typical four year state college experience.



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