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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
World
Adarsh Khandelwal

The biggest lie we tell our children about college

For more than two decades, I have sat across tables from thousands of families. Their backgrounds of cities, incomes and aspirations may vary but every conversation begins with the same question: “Which college has the best placements?”

As a consultant and a parent, I understand where that question comes from, for parents. For them, it is the biggest financial decisions of their lives connected with their children with far reaching consequences. And I also appreciate why it is the first thing that crosses the students’ mind.

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