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When expensive education feels less valuable than free learning

My parents are paying forty thousand a year for my education and I spend most of my time learning things on YouTube that actually interest me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Structured learning fails to engage while self-directed exploration flourishes, highlighting questions about the relationship between cost and value in education.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Higher education and its purpose?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.