The results are indisputable.  In the first quarter of 2011, the U.S. economy added 521,000 jobs for people who hold college degrees.  At the same time, the country’s economy lost 318,000 jobs for people without college degrees.  It couldn’t be more clear: Our economy is built for people with a college education, not for those [...]

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New legislation being considered by the U.S. Department of Education is squarely aimed at for-profit colleges, with the intent of linking a student’s debt with their post-graduate earnings.  Their concern is that students—lured by advertising—are investing in credentials or degrees that don’t actually deliver the earning power that the student expects, generating flotillas of “underwater” [...]

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