Is college worth it? : class and the myth of the college premium /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Ohmann, Richard M. (Richard Malin), 1931-2021 (Author), Shor, Ira, 1945- (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024.
Series:	Critical university studies.
Subjects:	Commercialism in schools > United States. College costs > United States. Education, Higher > Political aspects > United States. College students > United States > Finance, Personal. Universities and colleges > United States > Sociological aspects. Publicité dans les écoles > États-Unis. Enseignement supérieur > Aspect politique > États-Unis. Étudiants > États-Unis > Finances personnelles. Universités > États-Unis > Aspect sociologique. College costs College students > Finance, Personal Commercialism in schools Education, Higher > Political aspects Universities and colleges > Sociological aspects United States Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Preface. "Beauty of an implied collaboration," or how Dick Ohmann and I made this book
Introduction. The myth of the college premium and other truisms of American culture / Jeffrey J. Williams
The costs and benefits of college education
Does going to college raise lifetime earnings?
What makes people "well-off" or not?
Education for jobs and careers
The payoff of college education for the United States
At the end of the college rainbow.