Does a college degree get you anything these days? Some people say no, but the reality is far more complicated.  About 19 million people are going to college right now. But one recent poll from <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/695003/perceived-importance-college-hits-new-low.aspx"target="_blank" >Gallup </a>shows that the percentage of Americans who view college as very important is at an all time low, dropping from 75% in 2010 to 35% now. Those who say it's not very important increased from 4% to 24% in the same time period. This is a pretty dramatic change that goes beyond ballooning costs. Brittany chats with <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/378865949/elissa-nadworny"target="_blank" >Elissa Nadworny</a>, an education correspondent for NPR, and <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/author/kathryn-palmer"target="_blank" >Kathryn Palmer,</a> reporter for Inside Higher Ed, to get into what’s behind this changing perception – what politics has to do with it – and whether college is still worth it. Follow Brittany Luse on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmluse/?hl=en"target="_blank" >@bmluse</a> For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/pod-club"target="_blank" >npr.org/podclub</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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