WASHINGTON - Andrew Martin is one college graduate who has yet to see a return on his investment in higher education.
Martin, 24, of Austin, Texas, who describes himself as "a college graduate who often wonders why I went," said the cost of his college education was "drastically higher than the benefit."
He graduated from George Washington University in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in international affairs and Latin American studies. He has been unemployed since August.
Martin attended a briefing on Capitol Hill Tuesday sponsored by the Cato Institute on the state of federal financial aid and some of President Obama's postsecondary education policy proposals.
Andrew Gillen, research director for the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, and Neal McCluskey, associate director of the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom, discussed the "ineffectiveness" of the federal financial aid system and the costs of college compared to its benefits.
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