If you have questions about how to get the most return for your college education investment, the authors of Getting the Best Out of College, Revised and Updated: Insider Advice for Success from a Professor, a Dean, and a Recent Grad, are taking questions over on the Freakonomics blog. Here’s the part that grabbed me:
Our argument is that most students focus on getting into college, but do not focus adequately on getting out of college. They coast, or make bad decisions, or simply fail to take full advantage of what is available to them. Students at prestigious schools may be wasting their money on a mediocre education, whereas a student who chooses wisely can get an excellent education at even a less-celebrated school.”
It’s not where you go. It’s what you do while you’re there.