Advice to solution of College Crisis plaguing our nations students, parents and grandparents, a trillion dollars in college debt across the country, average graduate starting their life with 25,000 in debt, you see this every day. For picking the right school to finding best aid package, well have answers this week. Advice from expert on cutting cost, and well debate new alternatives. But first we tackle the question nobody asks and everyone should. Is College Really Worth it . Joining me now, richard vetter, professor of economics at ohio university, and richard professor at new york university, author of the book, academically a drift, limited learning on college campuses, i am going to start with i will call you both richard. That is you are both professor, and richard, lets start with you. You know i was asking the question is collect worth it, the aim of money that people pay, are they getting what shea should for their when they should for their money. It is clear they are not. I
Generation. How do you get a job, and our 2013 has been blowing up a lot of comments facebook has a lot of feedback the questions, a lot of students, is it making bad choices or is it something from the states in and believe it or not, a lot of responses. Students are breaking the bank with college and graduate education, racking up more than 1 trillion in debt. They do so, believing that a salary associated with a College Degree will offset the cost of their education. The priority of Education Today that only about half of people who begin a Degree Program actually complete it within one and a half times the looted time. So what happens after college . Manner 40 of last Years College graduates are underemployed. And twice as many in underwaged jobs than in 2006. Joining us to discuss it, zack, the author of debt free. And shes considered one of the leading advocates in reforming how students pay for college. And from ohio university, richard vetter, the center for College Affordabili
Squawk on the street begins right now. Good wednesday morning. Welcome to squawk on the street. The shows going well already. Im carl, with melissa lee, jim cramer and david faber. We have earnings season officially under way. Courtesy of alcoa, some pretty decent sentiment this morning. Well talk about that with cramer in a moment. Europe, numbers over there as well. Germany Industrial Production did miss. Green arrows across the board from london to paris to frankfurt. Our road map kicks off with earnings season. Europe is better than expected, but does this set the tone for the season with goldman predicting the s p will be in a Holding Pattern for the first quarter. Apple at the low end. The journal reporting a cheaper iphone may be in the works. Is apple simply going to where the growth is, and a sign that margins may face more pressure . Yet another setback for boeing and the 787. Canceling a domestic flight after a computer erroneously signaled a brake problem. Clearwire gets a
From the cnn center, this is cnn saturday morning. Its saturday, february 23. Good morning, im Victor Blackwell in for randi kaye. The vatican may be facing a new scandal. Explosive allegations involving sex, bribes, and fierce infighting. New england, ah, new england, bracing for more severe weather. Well tell you whats brewing in northeast this weekend. And Danica Patrick is gearing up for the daytona 500 and hoping to drive right into the history books. Well have all that and more this hour. Oscar pistorius will be back in court on june 4. This weekend, the olympic hero is staying at his uncles house. He was released on a 112,000 bail. Of course, there are conditions. Pistorius cannot return to his house and must report every monday and friday to a police station. He must avoid witnesses. He must surrender his passport and cannot go near an airport. And he must not drink alcohol. Nick robertson is live in johannesburg, south africa, for us. What is the reaction of the people in sout
Gretchen tomorrow the story of the first africanamerican in space. Hes always believed anything is possible and showed the world he has the right stuff as part of a special series were doing every friday in celebration of black history. Dont miss it. Brian if you have to run from the tv, run to the radio. Steve were going to do the after the show show. Janis dean, love machine today, joins us. See you there. Story on a interNational Figure. He sprinted to fame doing what no one thought was possible. Now the olympic star known as the blade runner, who won the hearts and minds of the world by just competing on the world stage, a man born without legs has been charged with the murder of his model girlfriend. A breaking story that is unfolding by the hour. Good morning, everybody, im bill hemmer if youre just waking up. Welcome to americas newsroom. Martha good morning everybody. Im martha maccallum. What a story this is. Oscar pistorius has been released from Police Custody after his girl