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The best route to a secure job still runs through the classroom, and droves of middle-aged Americans are following it. The proof is in the lending: The fastest growth in the student loan business is among people in their 40s. But are they making a good investment, or a bad bet?

I can remember being 17, sitting in our Michigan farmhouse, across the kitchen table from my mother. "You don't have to go there just because you got a scholarship," she said. "You can go to any other college you want. We'll make it work." A feeling of utter practicality took over my brain. Paying...

The Wall Street Journal dropped a bombshell this week, noting with little fanfare (subscription required) that the college degrees we're told are a ticket to wealth and happiness aren't all they've been cracked up to be. The College Board, a glorified trade group representing the interests of...