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Saturday, August 23, 2014
Is an associate’s degree the new bachelor’s degree? - Catey Hill, MarketWatch
More parents are sending their children to two-year colleges, but will this negatively impact their children’s future earning power? According to Sallie Mae’s “How America Pays for College” study released this week, enrollment in two-year public colleges has skyrocketed in just the past four years: In 2010, 23% of families reported having children enrolled in a two-year public colleges, but this year, those numbers had ballooned to 34%. Meanwhile, enrollment in four-year public schools has slumped from 52% in 2010 to just 41% in 2014. “This is one of the ways families are keeping their spending down,” says Sarah Ducich, co-author of the Sallie Mae study.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-an-associates-degree-the-new-bachelors-degree-2014-08-01