Is College Necessary?

Necessary for what? For affluence?  No.  There are plenty of college dropouts, even high school dropouts, who went on to become incredibly rich as entrepreneurs.

But what about folks atop the corporate ladder with their six- and seven-figure annual compensation packages?  What about the investment bankers with five homes and yachts?

More importantly, let’s stop measuring the value of college in terms of dollars.  Let’s think about the totality of life’s joys and rewarding experiences: art, music, reading, understanding of math and science, and so many others.

I don’t mean to say that college is necessary to appreciating art, etc., but I think we can agree that it helps.  I believe that college should be free, paid for by tax dollars as it is in the rest of the developed world, and that all kids should be encouraged to go in this direction.