a new Georgetown University study that analyzed the earning outcomes of 171 types of college degrees found that every single one generates a positive return — even after college costs and foregone earnings are taken into account. It found that, overall, college graduates make 84% more over a lifetime than their high school-educated counterparts. via [...]
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Re-Engineering Journalism « Knight Garage. 20 visions of the future of journalism, brief talks by the 2011 Knight Journalism Fellows.
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Dale Stephans I left college two months ago because it rewards conformity rather than independence, competition rather than collaboration, regurgitation rather than learning and theory rather than application. Our creativity, innovation and curiosity are schooled out of us. Failure is punished instead of seen as a learning opportunity. We think of college as a stepping-stone [...]
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