Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
In labor economics class today we discussed how to determine if a college education is more beneficial than not.
Glad your class is at least thinking critically. But unfortunately, this one is an easy answer. Yes it is more beneficial. Why? Because....

Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
political and zeitgeist reasons.
Within that zeitgeist are employers who embrace the zeitgeist philosophy that a college educated person is more desirable than a non-college educated person. Hence, non-college educated people are at an extreme disadvantage in the labor market.

The unintended consequence of this is under-employment. College educated secretaries for example. Which is what I suspect your class was getting at when they explored the topic of college education being not-beneficial.