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The article doesn't question the poorer school's choice of measured outcome -- college graduation. Does becoming a college graduate correlate well with a good life outcome, or do the skills required to graduate from college (both academic and character-related) lead to success and/or happiness?

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Even more, 'a stable career' as the supposedly positive outcome seems like a rather '50s concept these days.

I think what people are going to be learning the hard way in the near future that 'careers' are over, and 'making value for which someone will pay you' is the only way forward. Of course, that's much more nebulous to both target and to measure, but that doesn't change the reality of the current situation.

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