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The Economics of Higher Education

New Books in Economics

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Is 18 Year Old a Student or a Consumer?

It's not agreed upon whether college students are consumers or studentsow, how have you worked that out? What has been the evolution of that, of that tension? Well, i think that that tension has always been there. I think if it's been exasperated ina the last couple of decades because of the range of choices that are out there. My worry with how education is evolved now is that we don't do that as much for students. We don't require them to do things that might not be their long term benefit. Because the pressure is to give choice and to do more of just what they want to take now. Something like 50% of genetians feel overwhelmed by

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