SK> -> suggest, some engineering students are motivated largely by the
SK> -> promise of good jobs.
SK> 
SK> This has indeed always been my impression, because when I ask my good
SK> calculus students what they want to major in, a very large percentage
SK> will reply "engineering". I guess it is only practical to consider
SK> coming out with a degree at the end that can earn $$$, 
    The high price of college tuition, together with the heavy financing of 
it by the _students_ through loans (as opposed to parents paying for college 
as a generation earlier), means that bright students are more likely to see 
things this way than ever.
    Various studies have found that student-loan debt is affecting everything 
from home-mortgage affordability to purchasing patterns by grads, so why 
shouldn't the student think of his earning prospects?
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