Sunday’s Washington Post had an article entitled Heaven’s Gate that asked “Will admission to one of the nation’s elite colleges guarantee a prosperous future — or just a mountain of debt?”

It covers the Dale/Krueger study as well as other evidence suggesting that the benefits may not be worth the cost.

Now we need to ask whether attending one of the middle to low ranked nonselective schools is worth it for many academically weak high school graduates who struggle with reading and writing and aren’t much interested in academic pursuits anyway.