"To economists, higher education is like motherhood or apple pie. It will cure just about anything, from globalization and outsourcing to technological change and income inequality..... The data on the benefits of higher education in the United States are overwhelmingly convincing...According to the 2000 Census, for example, the median income of an American man with college degree was $52,200, 60% higher than $31,600 for those with high school degree. The proportions are about the same for women."