Comments on: Mankiw on the undergraduate experience http://welkerswikinomics.com/blog/2007/05/27/mankiw-on-the-undergraduate-experience/ for students and teachers of Economics Tue, 22 May 2012 23:46:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: DavidTay http://welkerswikinomics.com/blog/2007/05/27/mankiw-on-the-undergraduate-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-1660 DavidTay Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:23:03 +0000 http://welkerswikinomics.com/blog/?p=50#comment-1660 Always plan with the end in mind. Yes, getting a higher education is great, but what is the purpose of going to college? It is to find a better (in many cases a higher paying) job than a person who doesn't find it necessary to go to college. In my oppinion, unless you plan to become a historian or somthing along those lines, going to a "top" university, like Harvard, will get you that better job. Furthermore, since those "top" college's endowments are so large, they will also have the facilities to facilitate your own case studies, even if you're intrested in the history of the development of the small nation of Muyuanians living extinct the ocean floors of the Atlantic. Always plan with the end in mind. Yes, getting a higher education is great, but what is the purpose of going to college? It is to find a better (in many cases a higher paying) job than a person who doesn't find it necessary to go to college. In my oppinion, unless you plan to become a historian or somthing along those lines, going to a "top" university, like Harvard, will get you that better job. Furthermore, since those "top" college's endowments are so large, they will also have the facilities to facilitate your own case studies, even if you're intrested in the history of the development of the small nation of Muyuanians living extinct the ocean floors of the Atlantic.

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]]> By: Helen http://welkerswikinomics.com/blog/2007/05/27/mankiw-on-the-undergraduate-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Helen Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:07:55 +0000 http://welkerswikinomics.com/blog/?p=50#comment-161 Maaaaankiw! Maaaaankiw!

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]]> By: internationalcounselor.org » Blog Archive » The differences between colleges and universities http://welkerswikinomics.com/blog/2007/05/27/mankiw-on-the-undergraduate-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-150 internationalcounselor.org » Blog Archive » The differences between colleges and universities Wed, 30 May 2007 03:56:55 +0000 http://welkerswikinomics.com/blog/?p=50#comment-150 [...] Close over at Welkerwikinomics shares a recent conversation he had with his student around the difference between colleges and [...] [...] Close over at Welkerwikinomics shares a recent conversation he had with his student around the difference between colleges and [...]

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]]> By: Shaun http://welkerswikinomics.com/blog/2007/05/27/mankiw-on-the-undergraduate-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Shaun Tue, 29 May 2007 09:08:06 +0000 http://welkerswikinomics.com/blog/?p=50#comment-144 Thanks for the thoughts. Terminology is a confusing thing in US higher education. I have tried to highlight this in my posting over at <a href="http://www.internationalcounselor.org" rel="nofollow">www.internationalcounselor.org</a> Thanks for the thoughts. Terminology is a confusing thing in US higher education. I have tried to highlight this in my posting over at http://www.internationalcounselor.org

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