Making College Pay: An Economist Explains How to Make a Smart Bet on Higher Education

A leading economist makes the case that college is still a smart investment, and reveals how to increase the odds of your degree paying off.

“Full of easy-to-understand advice grounded in deep expertise and research.”—Martin West, William Henry Bloomberg Professor of Education, Harvard University

The cost of college makes for frightening headlines. The outstanding balance of student loans is more than $1.5 trillion nationally, while tuitions continue to rise. And on the heels of a pandemic th...