Is college still worth the investment?

English: Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers, by sex, race, and ethnicity, 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This blogger says yes:

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/08/09/yes-college-is-worth-it-with-some-caveats/?grcc=31853bf5556abd033331b5ae622c0569Z8ZwdgtZ0Z19Z197Z26Z2&mod=WSJ_hp_personalized&grcc2=461e8ed593d154620092f83be7493625%7E1344620053941%7E18f3b45caef80572d421f68a979bd6dc%7E6d95ceb9-7515-4fb6-ab5c-eae09f252d55%7E1344620021207%7E8%7E2%7E0%7E0%7E0%7E19%7E197%7E26%7E6%7E3%7E

He bases his view largely on this data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t04.htm

Soaring student-loan debt has caused some to disagree.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303640104577438252890217584.html

Bottom line: the younger generation is the first such generation that is less well-educated than their parents.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304177104577307580650834716.html

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