Researchers estimate that these additional benefits are worth even more than the added lifetime income from a college degree. If policymakers overlook them, they run the risk of encouraging quicker, cheaper forms of education that will do far less to serve either students or society.
研究人员测算这些额外的好处甚至要超过大学毕业生终生的收入增加额。如果决策者忽略这样的现实，就有可能鼓励更快、更廉价的教育形式，而上述教育形式对学生和社会的贡献都小得多。