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  1. May 2016
    1. hiring managers will often post jobs on various online job boards and receive in excess of 200-300 resume applications.

      a big issue.

    1. college stress can lead to "headaches, weight gain, chronic digestive disorders, fatigue, increases [in] blood pressure, insomnia, teeth grinding in sleep, general irritability, reoccurring feeling of hopelessness, depression and anxiety and low self-esteem."

      college stress outcomes.

    2. The average college tuition in the 1990-1991 school year was $10,620 and rose to $13,393 in 2000-2001.

      a factor why some students do not want to go tocollege.

    3. People who argue that college is not worth it contend that the debt from college loans is too high and delays graduates from saving for retirement, buying a house, or getting married.

      college delays many life milestones, but then again there is always time for these things in a different time period.

    1. the high school graduation rate increased from 75% to 81% providing a greater pool of potential students.

      all students are worried about is graduating from high school rather than going onto the next level which is college.

    2. the percentage of students from low-income families enrolling in higher education immediately after graduating from high school has dropped by over 10% since 2008, from 56% of graduates then to 46% today. As a result, the percentage of low-income students attending college today is only about 3% higher than it was two decades ago

      it's almost like students are less motivated to go to college because of their low income status.

  2. Apr 2016
    1. Some degrees are more valuable than others.

      Seems like there isn't any reason as to why anyone should go to college because "some degrees are more valuable than others."

    2. College costs keep growing. Student debt is now over $1 trillion

      Maybe one of the biggest reason as to why students and people don't want to go to college.

    3. American businesses complain they can't find enough "skilled workers" despite the fact that there are record numbers of college graduates.

      Even though the amount of time and effort is put into college, employers still believe that those that graduated aren't "skilled enough" after al the effort and time being put in at a place such as college.

    1. transparency and technology will force many colleges to cut costs and raise quality. Online education will accelerate the trend.

      New technology to make college more possible and affordable.

    2. students enrolling this year who service their debts will see them forgiven after 20 years. But the burden is still heavy for many. It does not help that nearly a third of those who take out such loans eventually drop out of college; they must still repay their debts. A third transfer to different schools. Many four-year degrees drag on longer, and so cost more. Overall, the six-year graduation rate for four-year institutions is only 59%.

      Describing the difficulty of the plan in the years of college.

    3. But not all degrees are equally useful

      Basically saying that it doesn't really pay off to have degrees for some jobs.

    1. “College is extremely expensive,” she said, “but there is no price tag in terms of the conversations you hold and the community you make.”

      Going into college seems to be worth it for Brooke Metz.

    2. My undergraduate education was over $200,000 in total and my first job paid only $28,000. That’s a large disparity.”

      It seems that the investment into going into college, isn't worth in the long run. It seems that after ten years of working in what you went to college for, will pay off what you invested in college.