In the past decade, the percentage of Americans who expressed... no obstacles, financial or otherwise. Two-thirds of high-school students think they will be just fine without a college degree.
Paul Tough argued that Americans are “losing faith in the value of college" as some researchers find that higher degrees do not increase wealth for most.
Just over a third of American adults have a four-year college degree, the highest level ever measured by the U.S. Census Bureau. In a report released Monday, the Census Bureau said 33.4 percent of...
Americans are increasingly skeptical about the value and cost of college, with most saying they feel the U.S. higher education system is headed in the “wrong direction,” according to a new poll.
to college, for Black Americans, is much more likely to require going into debt — and larger amounts of it. Eighty-six percent have to borrow toward a bachelor’s degree. Black students...
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A majority of Americans do not believe that a college degree is worth the cost to obtain one, according to a new poll. The poll from the Wall Street Journal and NORC Center for Public Affairs Resea...