College Isn’t The Golden Ticket It Once Was — And It’s Causing Families To Rethink the Price Tag

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Student sitting in the school’s stairs By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated September 29, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

The conversations around college are changing. 

I hear them when I talk to my high school age nephews when they say they’re interested in pursuing other dreams besides higher education (one nephew, a music producer, the other, an aspiring model), or when I scroll through social media and see posts from friends

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