Education is the key to prosperity. There’s simply no way to sugarcoat that fact. Communities without a strong educational foundation, good public schools, community colleges, a local college or university, are at a severe disadvantage in the competition for good-paying jobs with a future.
Employers need intelligent workers who can grasp new ideas and concepts quickly, who can think for themselves, who can visualize the big picture. It used to be that a high school diploma was the ticket to the middle class. Nowadays, one in four adults over the age of 25 possesses at least a bachelor’s degree, and in some metros, Boulder, Colo., for example, that figure exceeds 50 percent.
But a degree and an education are not the same thing. As more people earned degrees, the credential stopped delivering the payoff it once promised. The median four-year degree no longer covers its own cost, and what you study matters far more than whether you finish. The case for learning is stronger than ever. The case for borrowing heavily for any degree is not. I lay out the full analysis in We Need To Talk About Higher Education.
Yes, you are right education is very important these days and it is only the path that drives success to the lives. Without education nothing is possible these days. How much you learn that is equal to how much you earn in the future.