With the rising costs in higher education, prospective students are increasingly weighing the likely return on investment before enrolling. Beckie Supiano's recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, suggests that rather than asking whether or not an undergraduate degree is a worthwhile investment, individual students should instead look at specific degree plans. She cites Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce's extensive report Read More …
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A New Trend: Long-Lasting Marriages (#0380)
The first few sentences of Carol Morello's recent Washington Post article explain a significant trend: Americans may be postponing marriage, and fewer are wedding at all. But what about the people who do get married? They’re staying together longer than they have in years. Three in four couples who married after 1990 celebrated a 10-year anniversary, according to census statistics reported Wednesday. That was a rise of three percentage points compared with couples who married in the early Read More …