What to Consider If You're Considering College

Ken S. Coates, Bill Morrison

ISBN 10: 1459723724 / ISBN 13: 9781459723726

Published by Dundurn Group Ltd, CA, 2015

About this Item

Going to college used to be a passport to future success, but that's no longer the case. For some students, it's still a good choice that leads to a successful career after graduation, but for many their degrees are worthless pieces of paper. Choose the wrong program and graduation is more likely to lead to disillusionment and debt than to a steady paycheck.Yet parents, guidance counsellors, and politicians still push higher education as if it's the only option for building a secure future. In this book, Ken S. Coates and Bill Morrison set out to explore the many educational opportunities and career paths open to high-school students and those in their twenties. This book is designed to help Americans in their teens and twenties decide whether to pursue a degree, enrol for skills training, or investigate one of the many other options that are available.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What to Consider If You're Considering College
• Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd, CA
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1459723724
• ISBN 13: 9781459723726
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 439 grams

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Synopsis

Going to college used to be a passport to future success, but that’s no longer the case. For some students, it’s still a good choice that leads to a successful career after graduation, but for many their degrees are worthless pieces of paper. Choose the wrong program and graduation is more likely to lead to disillusionment and debt than to a steady paycheck.

Yet parents, guidance counsellors, and politicians still push higher education as if it’s the only option for building a secure future. In this book, Ken S. Coates and Bill Morrison set out to explore the many educational opportunities and career paths open to high-school students and those in their twenties. This book is designed to help Americans in their teens and twenties decide whether to pursue a degree, enrol for skills training, or investigate one of the many other options that are available.

About the Authors

Ken S. Coates is a prolific author who has written on many subjects and whose prize-winning scholarship has drawn international attention. Coates has more than 25 years of post-secondary education experience in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Japan. Coates has been a Department Head, Dean of Arts, Dean of Arts and Science, and Vice-President. He lives in Canada.

Bill Morrison was a professor and administrator at universities in Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia, and a visiting professor in the United States before he retired in 2010. Morrison has published fourteen books, twelve of them in collaboration with Kenneth Coates. He lives in Ladysmith, B.C.