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Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi - Graduates listen to a speaker during the Berklee College of Music Commencement in Boston, Massachusetts
May 8, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill and Stephanie Owen
A college degree may not be worth it for everyone. Isabel Sawhill and Stephanie Owen write that the value of a college degree depends on choice of major and future occupation, among other factors.
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"How would a crackdown backfire? Because it would produce, immediately in Colorado, and eventually in other states, an atomized, anarchic state legalized but unregulated marijuana market that federal drug enforcers lack the manpower to contain and lack the legal power to force the states to contain. "
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How would a crackdown backfire? Because it would produce, immediately in Colorado, and eventually in other states, an atomized, anarchic state legalized but unregulated marijuana market that federal drug enforcers lack the manpower to contain and lack the legal power to force the states to contain. "
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RT @ReutersMoney: Is college worth it? @bethpinsker with new research from @isawhill @BrookingsInst http://t.co/4iPZjT2MlC
May 08
RT @BrookingsEcon: Who benefits most—and least—from college and why: listen to @isawhill on this AM's @drshow: http://t.co/XrDT8vsmMD
Does college pay off in the long run? See the infographic & report that everyone's talking about today: http://t.co/nxJkYnBUrm
RT @BrookingsFP: Tomorrow: @Martin_Indyk and Cyprus FM @IKasoulides to talk geopolitics in Eastern Med: http://t.co/rOs2PcInAg
RT @BrookingsDoha: .@Salman_Shaikh1 on @VoiceofRussia discussing regional and international responses to the #Syria crisis: http://t.co/lGRVOplEbR
On May 13, @BrookingsGlobal hosts discussion on Africa's importance to global economy & #USChinaAfrica relations: http://t.co/uwMHoNP4yb
RT @MwangiKimenyi: Concern raised at the World Economic Forum on Africa #WEF whether G20 and BRICS agends are complementary, duplicative, or contradictory
As World Economic Forum on Africa kicks off today, read @MwangiKimenyi's preview: http://t.co/6SKvRbt737 #AF13 #WEF
RT @BrookingsMetro: Building on local solutions holds great promise for confronting #suburbanpoverty. Event 5/20: http://t.co/p88wA9C9LO
RT @chingos: On the Chalkboard today: @ASU's Chris Herbst on how work requirements for subsidized child care hurt poor kids http://t.co/YT4nmhJzUD
RT @mgininger: Not all college degrees or college graduates are equal, says Stephanie Owen and @isawhill http://t.co/Eb204w88o9 @BrookingsEd
@simpson_kris Authors explain why, based on evidence that we have, these programs need reform to work better: http://t.co/5EFKgcLGOF
Great to hear so many stories of why #TrioWorks. Proposal calls for reform, not elimination: http://t.co/CwJzhoeiCS #MakeTrioWorkBetter
RT @deandad: @AndrewPKelly @MichaelPetrilli @BrookingsInst @saragoldrickrab @JFFtweets diff btw "everyone should go" and "everyone should have option."
RT @payscale: Check it out! Our College ROI data is mentioned in this new study: Should Everyone Go to College? http://t.co/RO8ofwEDki via @BrookingsInst
@bio_bward Not only factor, but point is to look at economics of college degree. Here's alternate piece by authors: http://t.co/UAUWRctosW
"What gets much less attention is that the college premium varies widely by the choices students make" Sawhill & Owen http://t.co/SlDzFmNIky
RT @CraigPAnderson: @BethAkersEd @BrookingsInst Interesting start. It drives to the question of what you should pay/borrow for your education.
RT @carloslcurbelo: @educationnation @BrookingsInst Of course not and we should stop stigmatizing those that choose other paths to success. #edreform
RT @MichaelPetrilli: .@AndrewPKelly @BrookingsInst @saragoldrickrab @deandad @JFFtweets Seems that easy majors at non-selective colleges aren't good investments.
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