I Feel Conflicted About Saying This, But I'm a Grad School Success Story

when you got nothing, you got nothing to lose

I want to pivot a bit off of this Slate discussion with the New America Foundation’s Kevin Carey from the topic of scuzzy cash-cow master’s programs - please, for the love of god, don’t attend those - and reflect on the broader question of the worth of grad school. Like everyone you know, I almost ritualistically tell people not to do it, and I mean tha…