scientists are still the best in thee world. for them, college is essential and well worth it. what about the rest of us? how about your average sociology major? political science major at fill-in the blank state u? a russian studies major at trinity college in connecticut? that remainsn an open cut question. we ll spend the next month trying too answer it. there s ao lot of ways to assess the costs and benefits, the weightng changes of the society, we ll get to all ofs it in the . tonight, we want to begin with the economics of colors, the number is.s. college is expensive, that is the first thing to know about it. over the past 30 years, the cost of a four year education has, risen by 213%. a lot of that cost is financed with debt. about 40 million americans now have student loans. outstanding student loan debt in this country amounts to about $1.4 trillion. that isbo equal to more than a third of the entire federal
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