Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What if a college degree came with a money-back guarantee?
What if a degree came with a money-back guarantee? Many colleges are already promising big returns on students’ investment: jobs after graduation, networking, and a shiny path to success. Lots of carrots to attract students, but no sticks if those promises don’t pan out.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readWhat if a degree came with a money-back guarantee? Many colleges are already promising big returns on students’ investment: jobs after graduation, networking, and a shiny path to success. Lots of carrots to attract students, but no sticks if those promises don’t pan out. Brookings Institution Fellow Beth Akers has taken up the idea of a money-back guarantee on degrees.
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The full episode
3 of 5How an unlikely pair helped pass CA’s new climate change bills- 0:30How an unlikely pair helped pass California’s new climate change bills
- 10:42CA student scores improve overall, but black students lag behind
- 19:38What if a college degree came with a money-back guarantee?You’re reading this
- 28:46‘Spa Night’: Struggling with gay identity in Koreatown
- 42:56Web Roundup: Leslie Jones’ Twitter harassment and, now, a hack