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| Author | : William Deresiewicz |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2014-08-19 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1476702713 |
Deresiewicz takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with demands for perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications received by college admissions committees. Students are losing the ability to think independently. College is supposed to be a time for self-discovery-- but the system is broken, and he offers solutions on how to fix it.
| Author | : Jobs for the Future |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 18 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Business and education |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Beth Akers |
| Publisher | : Crown Currency |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 2021-05-18 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0593238540 |
A leading economist makes the case that college is still a smart investment, and reveals how to increase the odds of your degree paying off. “Full of easy-to-understand advice grounded in deep expertise and research.”—Martin West, William Henry Bloomberg Professor of Education, Harvard University The cost of college makes for frightening headlines. The outstanding balance of student loans is more than $1.5 trillion nationally, while tuitions continue to rise. And on the heels of a pandemic that nearly dismantled the traditional college experience, we have to wonder: Is college really worth it? From a financial perspective, says economist Beth Akers, the answer is yes. It’s true that college is expensive, but once we see higher education for what it is—an investment in future opportunities, job security, and earnings—a different picture emerges: The average college graduate earns an additionalmillion dollars over their career (compared to those who stopped their education after high school), and on average, two- and four-year schools deliver a 15 percent return on investment—double that of the stock market. Yet these outcomes are not guaranteed. Rather, they hinge upon where and how you opt to invest your tuition dollars. Simply put, the real problem with college isn’t the cost—it’s the risk that your investment might not pay off. In Making College Pay, Akers shows how to improve your odds by making smart choices about where to enroll, what to study, and how to pay for it. You’ll learn • why choosing the right major can matter more than where you enroll • the best criteria for picking a school (hint: not price, selectivity or ranking) • why working part-time while enrolled might set you back financially • why it’s often best to borrow, even if you don’t have to • the pros and cons of innovative alternatives to traditional college • how to take advantage of new, low-risk financing tools Full of practical advice for students and parents, Making College Pay reminds us that higher education remains an engine for opportunity, upward mobility, and prosperity.
| Author | : Stephen Frank |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 14 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
Recently, there has been growing interest in adapting Return-on-Investment thinking to education--sometimes called educational productivity, or academic-ROI. Education leaders do not seek a monetary return on their spending, rather greater student learning, or other outcomes like student citizenship, higher graduation rates, or increased lifetime earnings and career options. Most ROI analysis misses a big opportunity; it is often used to evaluate programs and initiatives, such as comparing two professional development programs. This process leaves out some of the biggest cost drivers in the district's budget and never addresses some of the fundamental resource issues that may actually drive student success. Education leaders need a new approach--a System-Strategy ROI. This approach starts with a fundamental student need and asks not "Which program is better?" but "What resources will meet this need?" School system leaders can help their teams take a System-Strategy ROI approach by structuring the planning conversation around five key steps: (1) Identify the core need: What fundamental student performance need are we focusing on, and what's our theory of change for addressing it?; (2) Consider a broad range of investment options: What are the investments we currently make to address this need, and what else could we do?; (3) Define ROI metrics and gather data: What are the relative returns (costs weighed against benefits) to the set of current/potential options?; (4) Weigh investment options: What other factors do we need to consider, in order to select from among the options?; and (5) Make investment decisions: How can we free resources to do what we want to do? It is important to note that ROI--in any form--is not a magic formula, but the System-Strategy approach is a powerful tool for adding structure, rigor, and data-backed evidence to the difficult decisions a school system must make on behalf of its students. Ultimately, the fundamental question we must ask is, "How can we use all our limited resources strategically to improve student achievement and meet our goals?" This document guides districts toward the goal of aligning school system resources to strategic priorities so that every school succeeds for every student.
| Author | : Howard Bowen |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 507 |
| Release | : 2018-01-16 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1351309919 |
The value of higher education has been under attack as seldom before in American history. We are told of the overeducated American, of the case against college, and of the failure of education to contribute significantly to the reduction of inequality. In this environment, republication of an exceptionally comprehensive and judicious analysis of all that has been learned and not learned about the consequences of American higher education comes at a most appropriate time. Investment in Learning more fully covers the various aspects of this subject than any yet to appear. Howard Bowen is optimistic about higher education, but his viewpoint is based on profound knowledge of both the economic and social aspects of education. Unlike some economists who insist on a strict cost-benefit analysis of expenditures on higher education in relation to outcomes, Bowen argues that the non-monetary benefits are far greater, to the point that individual and social decisions should be made primarily on those broader indicators. Cameron Fincher, in his new opening for the book, notes that "Publication of Howard Bowen's Investment in Learning was like a break in a long summer drought. . . . It was a comprehensive rebuttal to return-on-investment studies with negativistic findings." And in the foreword to the book, Clark Kerr simply says, "Howard Bowen is better prepared to survey the overall consequences of higher education in the United States than anyone else."
| Author | : Patricia Pulliam Phillips |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 438 |
| Release | : 2024-05-01 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 104002307X |
The third edition of this bestselling book guides you through a proven, results-based approach to calculating the return on investment in training and performance improvement programs. The ROI Methodology described in the book has evolved into the most used evaluation system in the world. Patricia Pulliam Phillips, Jack J. Phillips, and Klaas Toes present the ROI Methodology, a user-friendly approach to showing and proving the value of programs, projects, and initiatives. Based on over 40 years of development and refinement, it is a process that meets the demands currently facing training and performance improvement functions. This third edition includes chapters thoroughly detailing the application of the ROI Methodology and new and innovative developments. The book provides examples, case studies and worksheets, and solutions to implementation issues. A case study spans the book and takes the reader through each part of the ROI Methodology. Readers can work through the case, step-by-step, exploring the issues uncovered in the chapter and learn how to apply the process in their own organizations. This book continues to be a primary reference for learning how to utilize ROI to show the contribution of training, education, learning systems, performance improvement, human resources, and change initiatives throughout organizations. Proven to work as a guide for practitioners, managers, and leaders, the book is also ideal for students of learning and development and performance improvement at graduate and postgraduate levels and individuals involved in executive and professional development programs. A complimentary 500-page book with 25 detailed case studies is available to book purchasers. See the offer on page 384 at the back of the book.
| Author | : J. Howard Johnston |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 6 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
Education is a top-priority funding area for corporate philanthropy, mostly because corporate leaders recognize that strategic investments in education can have long-term pay off for their companies as well as for students and schools. It is also one of the most visible and effective means for demonstrating a company's commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and branding itself as a good corporate citizen in its communities and among its employees and customers. But educational philanthropy can also be a black hole into which a lot of money can disappear without much obvious effect. Usually, this happens when a company practices "checkbook philanthropy," where money is given without clear goals, strategic alignment with business objectives, or sufficient oversight and accountability. This paper describes the following: (1) kind of returns corporate investors can expect in education; (2) best practices for high impact education philanthropy; and (3) how to get started with education partnerships.
| Author | : Tara Jabbaar-Gyambrah |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 112 |
| Release | : 2018-02-22 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1475833997 |
Is College a Lousy Investment?: Negotiating the Hidden Cost of Higher Education discusses many of the economic misconceptions about earning a college degree. While it is widely believed that attending college guarantees wealth and success, students, concerned parents, and higher education professionals have neglected calculating the full-range of short-term and long-terms costs. Our work illustrates how the promotion of education merely as a commodity come at a high price for the individual and society. We argue how the idea of ‘investment’ can be expanded from a short-sighted view to engage a broader, more holistic rationale for higher education from which students can expect a full return on investment.
| Author | : Kathleen S. Ives |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 238 |
| Release | : 2023-07-03 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 100098091X |
Published in association with While higher education has rarely employed ROI methodology—focusing more on balancing its revenue streams, such as federal, state, and local appropriations, tuition, and endowments with its costs—the rapid growth of online education and the history of how it has evolved, with its potential for institutional transformation and as a major source of revenue, as well as its need for substantial and long-term investment, makes the use of ROI an imperative. This book both demonstrates how ROI is a critical tool for strategic planning and outlines the process for determining ROI.The book’s expert contributors lay the foundation for developing new practices to meet the compelling challenges of online education and identify new models that offer the potential for transforming the educational system, meeting new workforce demands, and ultimately improving the economy. The opening chapters of the book explore the dimensions of ROI as a strategic planning process, offering guiding principles as well as methods of measurement and progress tracking, and demonstrate the impact of ROI across the institution.The book identifies the role of previously overlooked constituents—such as online professionals as critical partners for developing institutional strategy and institutional stakeholders for vital input on inclusivity, diversity, and equity—and their increasingly important role in impacting the ROI of online programs.Subsequent chapters offer a range of approaches to ROI reflecting the strategic priorities and types of return institutions seek from their investment in online programming, whether they be increased profits or surpluses via reduced expenses or increased operating efficiencies or the development of increased brand awareness for their programs. They also address the growing competitive environment of recent commercial entrants and online program managers (OPMs). The contributors offer best practices for setting goals and identifying benchmarks for increasing and measuring payback, including the creation of cross-functional ROI teams from across an institution; and further address the advantages and disadvantages of universities partnering with external providers, or even other colleges and universities, to provide online programs with them and for them. This book offers presidents and senior administrators, faculty engaged in shared governance, online learning administrators, and stakeholders representing student, community and employer interests with a rigorous process for developing an online strategy.
| Author | : UNESCO International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training |
| Publisher | : UNESCO Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 73 |
| Release | : 2020-04-01 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9231003755 |
