value of higher education Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/value-of-higher-education/ A Blog by ACE Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:08:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png value of higher education Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/value-of-higher-education/ 32 32 Dear President-elect Trump: Higher Education Builds America https://www.higheredtoday.org/2025/01/06/higher-education-builds-america/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:00:43 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28964 As you prepare to take office for a second time, we know you have ambitious plans to address the nation’s challenges and build a more secure and prosperous America. Achieving those goals will require contributions from many areas of society, and we urge you to see the value in partnering with our nation’s colleges and universities. Campuses across the country are deeply ...

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]]> Graduate Degrees Offer High Rewards and Rising Risks https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/10/10/graduate-degrees-offer-high-rewards-and-rising-risks/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 21:16:45 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28885 Title: Graduate Degrees: Risky and Unequal Paths to the Top Authors: Artem Gulish, Catherine Morris, Ban Cheah, and Jeff Strohl Source: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce For generations, graduate degrees have been seen as a reliable pathway to career advancement and financial stability. However, a new report from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) raises ...

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]]> Measuring Value: High Schoolers’ Thoughts on Postsecondary Education https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/09/30/high-schoolers-thoughts-on-postsecondary-ed/ Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:32:37 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28869 Title: How High School Students Are Thinking About Higher Ed Author: Ben Cecil Source: Third Way In the face of declining enrollment and deteriorating public perception of higher education’s value, a recent report from Third Way explores how high schoolers feel about postsecondary education and their likelihood of attendance. Third Way surveyed 1,002 high school students in conjunction with the report, ...

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]]> Why Higher Education Is Still Our Country’s Greatest Defense https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/06/11/higher-ed-greatest-defense/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:35:27 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28734 Above: The 7oth National Security Forum, May 7-8, 2024 at the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. In today’s world of shifting geopolitical relationships, growing concerns about national security, and increasing global economic competition, what keeps us safe goes way beyond just tanks and troops. A recent National Security Forum at the Air War College highlighted a surprising but ...

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]]> Decreased Benefits and Lower Wages: The Growing Gulf Between Non-college and College-Educated Workers https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/03/25/occupation-bifurcation/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:11:46 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28597 Title: Occupation Bifurcation: How Non-college Work Has Separated Author: Anthony Colavito Source: Third Way Over the last 30 years, the growth of automation, information technology, and AI has fueled the U.S. economy, resulting in a technological revolution. At the same time, our economy has seen a further segregation in occupation and pay between college-educated and non-college-educated workers. A new report from ...

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]]> Understanding an Institution’s Return on Investment: Measuring the Price-to-Earnings Premium https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/10/30/understanding-an-institutions-return-on-investment-measuring-the-price-to-earnings-premium/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:24:21 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=18022 Title: 2023 Price-to-Earnings Premium for Four-Year Colleges Author: Emily Rounds Source: Third Way Measuring an institution’s return on investment (ROI) remains a key factor in the college selection and enrollment process and provides valuable information for policymakers and higher education administrators. A new report from the Third Way provides one metric for understanding returns on investment at different institutions of higher ...

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]]> Partisan Divide on the Value, Funding, and Equity of Higher Education Widens https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/09/11/partisan-divide-on-the-value-funding-and-equity-of-higher-education-widens/ Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:51:57 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=18001 Title: Varying Degrees 2023: New America’s Seventh Annual Survey on Higher Education Authors: Sophie Nguyen, Rachel Fishman, and Olivia Cheche Source: New America New America annually conducts its Varying Degrees survey to assess public opinion and regard for different aspects of higher education. The 2023 survey addressed five different issues: value, funding, accountability, equity and diversity, and online learning. New America ...

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]]> Why Climate Action Is in Higher Education’s Best Interest https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/11/10/why-climate-action-is-in-higher-educations-best-interest/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:52:06 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17869 The University of Colorado Boulder is proud to be cohosting the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit with the United Nations Human Rights Office on campus December 1–4. This landmark summit is an opportunity for worldwide participants to learn more about climate change through the lens of human rights from some of the world’s foremost experts. In the leadup to ...

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]]> Let’s Educate More and Better Leaders—The World Needs Them https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/04/27/lets-educate-more-and-better-leaders-the-world-needs-them/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:46:04 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17792 Leadership is a fascinating phenomenon: it seems rare even when there is a plentitude of it. After a nearly 50-year career in higher education, decades on corporate and nonprofit boards, and years of teaching an undergraduate course on leadership, I have concluded that we need more and better leaders and leadership studies should be an integral part of the undergraduate curriculum. ...

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]]> Meeting Gen Z: Avoiding the Demographic Cliff and Preparing for Their Future https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/04/15/meeting-gen-z-avoiding-the-demographic-cliff-and-preparing-for-their-future/ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 19:06:10 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17784 By Hilary L. Link Few higher education administrators have not read or heard of Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education, the landmark bestseller by economist Nathan D. Grawe. In it, Grawe predicts that many of the nation’s colleges and universities will face declining student enrollment rates in about five years, a reality that will require a thoughtful, strategic approach to ...

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]]> What Is the Return on Investment for Higher Education? https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/03/25/what-is-the-return-on-investment-for-higher-education/ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:06:36 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17772 Title: Which Colleges Are Worth the Cost? Institution-Level Return on Investment for Students and Taxpayers. Authors: Kevin Miller and Shai Akabas Source: Bipartisan Policy Center The Bipartisan Policy Center has released a new report on the return on investment (ROI) for higher education institutions. Expanding on the prior studies, this report estimated ROIs for 3,349 higher institutions in the United States, ...

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]]> New Report Highlights the Value of Historically Black Colleges and Universities https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/03/11/new-report-highlights-value-of-hbcus/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 19:20:44 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17763 Title: The Significant Value of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Authors: Dave Clayton, Melissa Leavitt, Nichole Torpey-Saboe Source: Strada Center for Education Consumer Insights A recent analysis by Strada seeks to highlight the significant value of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The authors used data from three surveys—the Strada-Gallup Education Survey, the Strada Outcomes Survey, and the National Survey of ...

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