首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
专升本
There are few more sobering(使清醒的)online activities than entering data into college-tuition calculators and gasping(喘气)as the Web
There are few more sobering(使清醒的)online activities than entering data into college-tuition calculators and gasping(喘气)as the Web
admin
2016-03-05
25
问题
There are few more sobering(使清醒的)online activities than entering data into college-tuition calculators and gasping(喘气)as the Web spits back a six-figure sum. But economists say families about to go into debt to fund four years of partying, as well as studying, can console themselves with the knowledge that college is an investment that, unlike many bank stocks, should yield huge dividends.
A 2008 study by two Harvard economists notes that the " labor-market premium to skill"—or the amount college graduates earned that’s greater than what high-school graduate earned—decreased for much of the 20th century, but has come back with a vengeance(报复性地)since the 1980s. In 2005, the typical full-time year-round U. S. worker with a four-year college degree earned $50,900, 62% more than the $31 ,500 earned by a worker with only a high-school diploma.
There’s no question that going to college is a smart economic choice. But a look at the strange variations in tuition reveals that the choice about which college to attend doesn’t come down merely to dollars and cents. Does going to Columbia University(tuition, room and board(食宿)$49,260 in 2007-08)yield a 40% greater return than attending the University of Colorado at Boulder as an out-of-state student($35,542)? Probably not. Does being an out-of-state student at the University of Colorado at Boulder yield twice the amount of income as being an in-state student($17,380)there? Not likely.
No, in this consumerist age, most buyers aren’t evaluating college as an investment, but rather as a consumer product—like a car or clothes or a house. And with such purchases, price is only one of many crucial factors to consider.
As with automobiles, consumers in today’s college marketplace have vast choices, and people search for the one that gives them the most comfort and satisfaction in line with their budgets. This accounts for the willingness of people to pay more for different types of experiences(such as attending a private liberal-arts college or going to an out-of-state public school that has a great marine-biology program). And just as two auto purchasers might spend an equal amount of money on very different cars, college students(or, more accurately, their parents)often show a willingness to pay essentially the same price for vastly different products. So which is it? Is college an investment product like a stock or a consumer product like a car? In keeping with the automotive world’s hottest consumer trend, maybe it’s best to characterize it as a hybrid(混合动力汽车); an expensive consumer product that, over time, will pay rich dividends(红利).
What’s the opinion of economists about going to college?
选项
A、Huge amounts of money is being wasted on campus socializing.
B、It doesn’t pay to run into debt to receive a college education.
C、College education is rewarding in spite of the startling costs.
D、Going to college doesn’t necessarily bring the expected returns.
答案
C
解析
第一段先讲人们看到庞大的大学学费的惊讶,然后谈到经济学家对上大学的观点,上大学就像投资,最终会带来红利。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/jRHC777K
本试题收录于:
英语题库普高专升本分类
0
英语
普高专升本
相关试题推荐
Hehasbeencalledthe"missinglink."Half-man,half-beast.Heissupposedtoliveinthehighestmountainintheworld—Mount
Hehasbeencalledthe"missinglink."Half-man,half-beast.Heissupposedtoliveinthehighestmountainintheworld—Mount
Foreignersexperiencedifferentdegreesofcultureshock.Thesymptoms【B1】______fromgreattosmall.Somepeopleareonlyillat
TomhadonceworkedinacityofficeinLondon,butnowhewasoutofwork.Hehadalargefamilytosupport,soheoftenfound
Wegenerallyviewthefamilyasbeingoneofourmoststableinstitutions:yet,ourfamilysystemhasundergoneanumberofchan
Therearemanyfactorswhichmayhaveaninfluenceonadultsandchildrenbeingabletoleadahealthylife.Nowadays,peopl
Therearemanyfactorswhichmayhaveaninfluenceonadultsandchildrenbeingabletoleadahealthylife.Nowadays,peopl
Youthisnotamatteroftimebutamatterofself-improvement,bothphysicallyandmorally.Beingagoodyouth,oneshouldhave
Tourism,whichisamajor______ofincomeforthecity,maybeseriouslyaffected.
Idon’tknowwhetherwhatshesaidistrue,butI’lltryto______it.
随机试题
为什么说只有改善党的领导,才能坚持和加强党的领导?
解表药的适应范围是什么?
现代医学模式属于
患者,女,37岁。胃脘部隐痛已3年,且胃痛喜温喜按,面白,神疲,乏力,近10天伴见鼻流清涕,微热,恶风。其证候是
某县公安局立案侦查后,以盗窃罪的重大嫌疑将孙某拘留,后提请县人民检察院批准逮捕,县人民检察院予以批准,此时孙某已被拘留7天。县人民检察院批捕后向县人民法院提起公诉。县人民法院审理此案后,判处孙某有期徒刑3年。孙某对一审判决不服,依法提起上诉,二审法院审理案
案例2013年7月13日11时左右,w企业燃气车间主任申某在车间巡视检查,发现15×104m3高炉煤气柜油压异常,且活塞上CO浓度超标。经过检查、调整回油量、观察油位变化后,即电话通知车间内部调度(气柜班)班长吴某,要他叫上车间技术员黎某、综合作
日方公司某年共实现税前收入总额1000万元,其中包括产品销售收入800万元,国库券利息收入200万元。发生各项其他费用共计345万元,其中:合理的工资薪金总额180万元,业务招待费100万元,职工福利费50万元,职工教育经费5万元,工会经费10万元。税收滞
下列关于共同犯罪的表述,正确的有()。
对下列教学导入概括不正确的一项是()。师:(拿出一个仿真的塑料蟋蟀)认识这个小东西吗?叫什么?生:蟋蟀。师:对,这是它的大名,小名叫什么?(蛐蛐)师:“蟋蟀”两个字怎么写,老师忘了,谁来写一写?(一名学生到黑
Isupposeyouknoweverythingaboutthatevent,______?
最新回复
(
0
)