--- description: A college degree could cost about $500,000, our voice-controlled devices are great unless you have an accent and more. title: A College Degree Could Cost $500,000 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A College Degree Could Cost $500,000 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 21, 2017 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 21, 2017 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**In 18 years, a college degree could cost about $500,000.**](https://www.buzzfeed.com/venessawong/in-18-years-a-college-degree-could-cost-about-500000 "undefined") By Vanessa Wong in _Buzzfeed_ **2\.** [**Our voice-controlled devices are great — unless you have an accent.**](https://backchannel.com/voice-is-the-next-big-platform-unless-you-have-an-accent-6a787f7e8500#.k8f20nwin "undefined") By Sonia Paul in _Backchannel_ **3\.** [**One problem with tracking digital meddling: Online, nobody knows you’re a Russian bot.**](http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2017/03/20/internet-nobody-knows-youre-russian-bot/ "undefined") By Robert Gorwa at the _Council on Foreign Relations_ **4\.** [**This is how grandmothers in Zimbabwe are helping to fight depression.**](http://www.aljazeera.com/video/news/2017/03/grandmothers-fight-depression-zimbabwe-170314082121081.html "undefined") By Haru Mutasa at _Al Jazeera_ **5\.** [**Whatever politicians say, we need more immigration, not less.**](http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21718873-whatever-politicians-say-world-needs-more-immigration-not-less "undefined") By _the Economist_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4707851/a-college-degree-could-cost-500000/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4707851/a-college-degree-could-cost-500000/"},"headline":"A College Degree Could Cost $500,000","datePublished":"2017-03-21T16:00:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:59.362Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4707851/a-college-degree-could-cost-500000/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Mental Health","Innovation","Internet","College","Immigration","language"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4707851/a-college-degree-could-cost-500000/","name":"A College Degree Could Cost $500,000"}}]}] ```