Do you really need college nowadays? Does it really give you skills and knowledge that you can use later in life? Is it a unnecessary, out dated hurdle?

Back in January, we talked about Peter Thiel's proposal to give $10,000 to a smart kid, so he/she can drop out of college and start their own business.  

Andrew Sullivan and his readers are talking about it now. 

From Helaine Olen, I found this great graph looking at college expenses. 

More here.