SOURCE: FORBES Is Yale a Waste of Money? William Baldwin, 08.11.03, 12:00 AM ET Wouldn't it be neat if, instead of a diploma costing $160,000, you could buy a $16,000 certificate saying you got in? Someday the university education system will simply price itself out of business and save us all a lot of grief. In the meantime we have these bills to pay, $300 billion a year. If tuition payments loom large in your family's budget, study the financing techniques outlined by Ira C...

SOURCE: FORBES Is college worth the cost? The average net worth of Forbes 400 members without a degree is 6.6% higher. College Vs. No College Davide Dukcevich, 07.28.03, 7:00 AM ET Dropping out of school gets a bad rap in America. Words like "slacker" and "directionless" are usually pinned on dropouts--a word that itself is wrapped in stigma. But the list of the very richest Americans is filled with people who did not stick around long enough to get their college degree. The ...