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HIGHER EDUCATION: IS COLLEGE WORTH IT?
Bruno MorcheSociologist and PhD Student
Visiting at Institute ofEducation (IOE) / University ofLondon
London, June/2014 - Seminar
My aim is to engage everyone in some major changes in higher
education in the last few years, mainly to discuss whether or not
college is worth the money.
HIGHER EDUCATION: IS COLLEGE WORTH IT?
- Some degrees pay for
themselves; others don’t.
- Payscale research firm
inquires graduates from
more than 900 universities
and colleges in U.S. about
what they studied and how
much they now earn.
- Different pay-offs between
hard sciences and Arts and
Humanities.
Na article in The Economist suggeststhat...
Source: The Economist, 2014 (http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21600131-too-many-degrees-are-waste-money-return-higher-education-would-be-much-better).
1) How would you describe the college trends in your home country? Have you noticed any major changes in the last few years?
Source: Time Magazine (http://content.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,2072670,00.html)
Source: blog4tests (https://blog.4tests.com/college-worth-it-yes-but-keep-these-factors-in-mind/)
2) With the emergence of the internet, is it necessary to attend
college seminars and lectures, when all info is readily available
in the internet? (e.g. Massive Open Online Courses - MOOCs)
ONLINE EDUCATION RISING...(Numbers from Coursera Platform - 2013)
Source: Nature Magazine (http://www.nature.com/news/online-learning-campus-2-0-1.12590)
3) What are the benefits and the differences of attending college versus not attending?
The overall perception worldwide is...
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Source: UNESCO, 2009.
Higher Education enrollments in the world by region (1970-2007).
From 30 millionstudents in 1970...
...To almost 160 millionstudents in 2007
THANK YOU
Bruno Morche
Sociologist
PhD Student Visiting at Institute of Education(IOE) University of London
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul / Brazil
Email: [email protected]
