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Is a College Education Always Worth It?

Is a College Education Always Worth It?
I anticipate that the title of this article will probably upset a few people, but please bear with me and continue reading. I am certainly a strong proponent of learning and education, as I myself am a college graduate in Chemical Engineering. However, the chief arguments I would like to present are that education does not have to be formal to be effective, and that the main purpose of a formal education is to get a better job.

Basically, a college education is an investment in your future. Just as in evaluating the merits of any investment, you need to perform a cost-benefit analysis, with the cost being the tuition and fees, and the benefits being the increase in pay you could expect due to attaining your degree. The higher the costs, the larger the benefits need to be for the investment to make sense.

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Is An Online College Education For You?

Is An Online College Education For You?
Online college education refers to courses where at least 80 percent of content is distributed online. There is often no face-to-face contact involved with these degree programs. The students can work in their study time on a schedule that best fits their own schedule.

Recent advances in online education has made college degrees obtained through online study as readily accepted as college degrees earned by on campus study. On average, online courses are far more writing intensive than traditional classes have ever been. Online education also involves access to databases in the form of text files or multimedia web pages, as well as the exchange of information (e.g., assignments, course materials) via file transfers. Online education is rapidly increasing, and online doctoral programs have even developed at leading research universities.

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