Around 20 years ago, almost everyone would have laughed at that question — of course you should go to college, unless you want a life of drudgery and poverty! College was assumed to be the path to success.
Today, many people question the value of a college degree. It has not only become extremely expensive, it no longer betokens much useful knowledge, and (at most schools anyway), it subjects the student to a great deal of toxic philosophy that can only get in the way of a happy life. A new book entitled Don’t Go to College by Michael Robillard and Timothy Gordon makes that case, and I review it in today’s Martin Center article.
Did the authors even try college, you might wonder. Oh, yes — both earned their BA degrees and then piled up three advanced degrees each. Moreover, they taught at the college level. They know what they’re talking about and loathe what has become of higher education in America.
Robillard and Gordon come out swinging.
[The answer, IMO, is still yes — *if* you have a specific discipline in mind that requires intensive academic training and research, and *if* you can earn enough money in that discipline to pay for the education on your own. If not, learn a trade at a vo-tech school and set yourself up for life with a good fiscal-balance start. — Ed]
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