As Covid casts doubts over higher education, is a college degree worth it?

"One of the things that people don't really pay enough attention to is the role of selectivity in the value of a degree," says David Andrews

This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve today’s most pressing policy challenges. This conversation has been edited and condensed.

Romesh Ratnesar: You’re the president of National University, a non-profit private university based in San Diego with a student population of 25,000, many of them working adults. One question that a lot of students, families and workers have is whether a college degree is still worth it. How do we evaluate value in higher education? In your view, is a traditional college degree still worth the investment?

David Andrews: It really depends on the