To the Point
The Soaring Costs of College Tuition
If you are a student or a parent of a student headed for college, the numbers are daunting: $240,000 for a private four year college. Even some state Universities can now cost upwards of $80,000. Half of all student federal loans are now in arrears.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 1 min readIf you are a student or a parent of a student headed for college, the numbers are daunting: $240,000 for a private four year college. Even some state Universities can now cost upwards of $80,000. Half of all student federal loans are now in arrears.
It all adds up to one question: Is college worth it? And if not, what’s being done to help students struggling with debt, and what alternatives are out there for kids questioning the value of liberal arts education at such a high price? We’ll look at alternative models to the traditional four year college, and question what the value is of a liberal arts education in dollars and cents.
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Barbara Bogaev
radio journalist
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Gideon Brower
Independent Producer
Richard Vedder
Center for College Affordability and Productivity
Sandy Baum
George Washington University
Michael Roth
Wesleyan University
The full episode
2 of 3Is College Still Worth It?- 0:00Video of Killing of James Foley is Authenticated
- 7:52The Soaring Costs of College TuitionYou’re reading this
- 43:55Journalists' Lives at Risk in Syria