A serious discussion about the value and sequencing of a college education is long overdue.

by Rick Bauer

As the class of 2010 graduates into the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, the prospects for employment are bleaker than in anytime I can remember. For high school graduates under 25 and not in college, the average unemployment rate is 22.8%, according to recent data.

The solution, we are told, is to send more of these high school graduates to college, where...

Why are you in business? To deliver your products and services? To support your industry? To give back? To do good while doing well? Sure. There are plenty of reasons you’re in business. But the bottom line is your bottom line. You are in business to make a profit. Everything you have and do contributes to your profitability. Your IT group, R&D, your partners, your sales team, etc are all in place to help drive profits. What is the most ...