The decision of whether to go to college, or where, is hampered by poor information and inadequate understanding of the financial risks involved.
Professor Peter Cappelli will discuss his most recent book is “Will College Pay Off?: A Guide to the Most Important Financial Decision You’ll Ever Make”. An acclaimed expert in employment trends, the workforce, and education, Professor Cappelli provides hard evidence that counters conventional wisdom and helps people make cost-effective choices. College can be the largest expense for many families, on average even larger than the cost of the family home, and one that can bankrupt students and their parents if it works out poorly. Professor Cappelli offers vital insight for parents and students to make decisions that both make sense financially and provide the foundation that will help students make their way in the world.
Among the issues Professor Cappelli analyzes are:
He is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at The Wharton School and Director of Wharton’s Center for Human Resources. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA, served as Senior Advisor to the Kingdom of Bahrain for Employment Policy from 2003-2005, and since 2007 is a Distinguished Scholar of the Ministry of Manpower for Singapore. He has degrees in industrial relations from Cornell University and in labor economics from Oxford where he was a Fulbright Scholar.
For more information about Prof. Cappelli, follow this link: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/1307/