The common wisdom that you should "stay in school" has never been wiser. Over the past twenty-five years, the connection between lifetime earnings and education has grown stronger.
While lifetime earnings of uneducated workers have dwindled, earnings of workers with a BA degree are nearly twice that of their high-school-educated age mates. The payoffs for advanced degrees have never been higher.
Most of the twenty fastest growing occupations in the U.S. require career education.
Some, like medical assistant, medical records technician, dental assistant, or vet med tech, require a professional certificate or associate degree.
You can begin an in-demand career like nursing with an AS degree and earn your BSN on the side while you work.
Going back to school can significantly change your life
Lets be honest about the career education bottom line. Education and career define social class, as do income and wealth. You're no snob, so should you care? Yes, says the New York Times, since class determines the quality of your life, your work, even your health.
An AA degree puts you in America's 75th educational percentile, a BA in the 91st. Either opens doors to higher income, which allows you to accumulate wealth.
But it all begins with going back to school. What are you waiting for?
Sources
Bureau of Labor Statistics <www.bls.gov>
Day, Jennifer Cheeseman and Eric C. Newburger. The Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings. <www.census.gov>
How Class Works. New York Times. <www.nytimes.com> (May 19, 2005)
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