Despite Doubts, Higher Education Is Worth It But Needs Change

More than 50 years ago, I began working for the Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Commission, a state agency charged with planning for and coordinating postsecondary education. It was an exciting time as the state was pursuing and implementing its goal of providing access to and choice of opportunities for students and families.

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Higher Education May No Longer Be Safe Bet for Students

Paul Tough, who has written several books on education, inequality, and success, explores what changed in the last decade to make a college education—and higher education as an institution—so unappealing to so many Americans (“Americans Are Losing Faith in the Value of College. Whose Fault is That?” September 5, 2023, The New York Times Magazine).

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