#College May 23

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Today for the 30-Day Podcast Coach4aday Challenge my theme is COLLEGE.

There is a growing trend in this country that is turning against the theory that COLLEGE is one of the best investment a person can make. Many have begun to question the cost of education, they wonder if a university can prepare you to earn a competitive wage, and have campuses become too politicalized.

Chris Paxson is an economist and also a college president at Brown University. She became a guest on the podcast called Freaknomics Radio which is hosted by Stephen Dunbar. He is a journalist who writes for the New York Times, The New Yorker and is the author of the books “Turbulent Souls” and “Confessions of a Hero Worshipper”. One interesting nugget about Dunbar is he attended Appalachian State University.

Day 23 Podcast

The episode I listened to was Episode 502 of Freaknomics Radio called “I Don’t Think the Country is Turning Away from College“. This episode aired on May 4, 2022.

Podcast Takeaways

First thing is that Brown University has a large endowment and in 2021 it had a 51% return.

College students at private schools do not pay sticker price. Colleges are similar to airlines everybody on the flight is paying a different price depending on a number of factors including need.

There is a group of schools called 568 Group. It is affiliation of colleges and universities, all of which must admit students on a need-blind basis. They are currently subjected to a lawsuit for that methodology.

Gender breakdown at colleges women make up 59.5 percent of college students, that’s an all-time high, and men, about 40 percent.