FairProspects Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Interesting article from the NY Times about the price of Ivies: Is College Still Worth It? Admittedly, the article has some flawed logic, but even more interesting were some of the comments, like that of Katherine in #83: Twenty-five years ago, the huge financial institution where I worked in NYC wanted to find out if the premium it paid to hire MBAs was worth it. Did they really perform better? Was it worth the cost? Our PhD research team decided to find out. They carefully identified and studied the top performers who were five years into their careers across our far-flung operations. The results? MBAs did NO better than students with only a bachelor's degree. Grade point average made NO difference. Education institution made NO difference (the kids from CCNY did just as well as the ones from Harvard). Prior work experience made NO difference. In our study the ONLY predictor of success was an undergraduate liberal arts degree. Maybe liberal arts degrees don't deserve such a bad reputation after all. (They are linked into the College of Arts & Sciences for a reason). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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