Dec 10 8:57 PM

Are degrees overhyped?

Students sit in front of Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Cooper Union recently announced that for the first time in more than a century it will begin charging undergraduates to attend the school starting in the fall of 2014.
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The Stream (Al Jazeera)

On Tuesday, December 10 at 7:30pm ET:

One trillion dollars. That’s the federal student debt college graduates are carrying. The expectation is that a degree will lead to gainful employment but is breaking the bank worth it when 40 percent of recent college graduates are underemployed and 16 percent have part-time jobs? Is the culture of degrees actually crippling instead of empowering America’s youth? Join us at 7:30pm ET to discuss.

On this episode of The Stream, we'll speak to:

Zac Bissonnette @ZacBissonnette
Author, Debt-Free U

Natalia Abrams @NataliaAbrams
Founder, StudentDebtCrisis.Org
studentdebtcrisis.org

Richard Vedder @theccap
Director, Center for College Affordability and Productivity
theccap.org

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