Over the next year, education experts gathered by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will try to determine the value of a college education.
Debt from rising tuition costs, a changing job market, and a host of other educational offerings beyond a four-year degree have made it difficult for many students to determine how they should proceed with their education after high school, Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Gates’s chief executive, told reporters in a conference call last week.
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