Tag: college
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Grade inflation has made GPA meaningless above the high school level
When most students get A’s, GPA stops measuring anything. Here’s how grade inflation broke the signal and what employers and grad schools use instead.
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The four-year degree should be killed and replaced with three
The four-year bachelor’s is a historical accident, not a learning requirement. A three-year degree saves money, time, and student burnout without losing rigor.
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Study abroad is tourism with a transcript
Study abroad sells itself as cultural transformation, but most programs are heavily curated tourism wrapped in a few credit hours. Here’s the gap between pitch and reality.
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College is a bad financial decision for most students who attend
The average return on a college degree is positive, but the median is misleading. For many specific students, the financial math doesn’t actually work out.