2019 FALL LYCOMING COLLEGE MAGAZINE

From the Presiden urrent education policy proposals being considered by the federal government are informed by the idea that earnings are the thing that matters most, if not the only thing worth measuring, as the outcome of a college education. A May 21, 2019, The New York Times article, for example, reports on various efforts to draft federal policy that will mandate the collection and publishing of “program” level data on debt and income. The article highlights the disparities in income by field of study and notes that accountants and civil engineers from less prestigious institutions earn more money than psychology and architecture majors from very highly regarded public universities. C 2 LYCOMING COLLEGE 2019 FALL MAGAZINE