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March 10, 2006
Census Foresees an Older, and Wiser, America (Washington Post)
"Education is a particularly powerful factor in both life expectancy and health, and we're not quite sure why," Richard Suzman, associate director for behavioral and social research at the National Institute on Aging, said in the teleconference. Better-educated people may have more money to pay for health care, and they may know more about a healthy lifestyle, he said.
[According to this article, "education" is defined as having an undergraduate degree, so "higher education" is not being factored into it. I am actually glad that post-undergraduate degree holders are not included. I am always willing to talk about graduate school since now I am "in the trenches," but I also tell people that graduate school is not for everyone. I usually say, "Don't go. If you have a choice between going and not going, then I say don't go, unless you are absolutely sure that is what you want or you have no choice." BK]
Posted by kuechebj at March 10, 2006 12:13 PM
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Ted, I am glad that you are considering going back again to get the PhD. Tenure-track and non-academic positions can be nice. I know some of our other classmates are choosing to take a break after the Master's before the PhD, but I fear some may not return, as Dr. Dre raps in "Encore" (Encore): "but once you're gone, you don't come back". However, that is just the cynic in me and I know it probably does not apply to us after our discussions over the break.
Posted by: Bobby Kuechenmeister at March 13, 2006 01:14 PM
I agree completely with you Bob. If your heart is not in it, you will be miserable. Having a master's and being out on the scene is all right, but I am seriously considering going back. Not just because I want a PhD, but the type of job security I can retain with it and still teach.
Posted by: ted at March 13, 2006 10:59 AM