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HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Some say bypassing a higher education is smarter than paying for a ?

By Glenn Reynolds

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Some say bypassing a higher education is smarter than paying for a degree.

Across the region and around the country, parents are kissing their college-bound kids — and potentially up to $200,000 in tuition, room and board — goodbye. Especially in the supremely well-educated Washington area, this is expected. It’s a rite of passage, part of an orderly progression toward success.

Or is it . . . herd mentality?

Hear this, high achievers: If you crunch the numbers, some experts say, college is a bad investment.

Read the whole thing. Also, let me repeat a thought I’ve posted before: If students are leaving college deeply in debt, how will they afford to start families, buy houses, and do the other things our economy needs the rising generation to do?

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on September 10, 2010 (boomark / email).