I graduated from college in 1998, during the high point of an honest-to-goodness economic boom. Instead of grabbing one of the many new opportunities for making money, I decided instead for a life of penury in grad school. While that decision looks like financial suicide today, higher education was undergoing its own boom.
The Boom-Bust Generation of Academics
The Boom-Bust Generation of Academics
The Boom-Bust Generation of Academics
I graduated from college in 1998, during the high point of an honest-to-goodness economic boom. Instead of grabbing one of the many new opportunities for making money, I decided instead for a life of penury in grad school. While that decision looks like financial suicide today, higher education was undergoing its own boom.