Is college still worth it?

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🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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More and more Americans feel like college isn’t a good deal anymore. One state thinks it’s found a way to turn things around. This episode was reported and produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette with help from Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Rob Byers, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 1,500 of Today Explained, which is of course a serialized program, so if you haven't heard the previous 1,490 episodes, please go back and listen before starting this one.
0:15.0	Just kidding, April Fools, too late, I'm the fool, whatever, let's get to work.
0:20.0	College is having a tough go in the United States.
0:24.0	VAFSA broken.
0:25.0	According to a recent survey of college officials,
0:28.0	67% don't think their school can process financial aid
0:32.0	in the next few weeks.
0:33.4	There's campus drama.
0:34.8	For the past month, this gate has been at the center of a debate
0:38.5	between pro-Israel students and pro-Palestine students.
0:41.6	And then, of course, there's just the sticker shock.
0:43.8	100 billion dollars.
0:47.8	And Americans are taking note.
0:50.2	Polling suggests that college seems like less and less of a good deal to young Americans.
0:56.0	How to turn that around?
0:58.0	Coming up in the program today.
1:00.0	Okay. Mint, mint, mint, mint, okay. You wouldn't pay $15 for a cold brew, and you never
1:09.8	spent $250 to see a movie. So why are you paying so much for your cell phone plan?
1:14.9	Mint Mobile offers premium wireless plans for $15 a month.
1:18.4	That's a-
1:18.8	Hey Jimmy, honey, do you want pasta?
1:22.0	Hey mom, I'm recording right now.
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