Has a College Education Ceased to Provide a Reasonable ROI?

Deciding which college to attend may make all the difference in your lifetime earning potential. And the colleges and universities on this list prove that a degree in engineering is definitely worth the money.

President Barack Obama called for linking financial aid to college affordability when he addressed Congress last month, but even as costs keep rising, some experts say not to expect crucial changes this year.   Reforming how financial aid is distributed – with incentives to keep tuition down – probably won’t come until after Congress tackles equally thorny changes in primary and secondary school education, known as K-12 in the U.S.  

By James Kwak

As the cost of education continues to rise, people are questioning the value of a degree.

The tragedy of Cooper Union is endemic to most American higher education, outside a few community colleges; Cooper is just the special case where the blind rush to some kind of global greatness directly and explicitly violates the institution’s founding mission.

The college endowment investment results have rolled in, and if Harvard were to get a grade for the year it would probably receive an "F" as reported by the NY Times: