Remove Educational Policy Remove Liberal Arts Remove Postsecondary Education
article thumbnail

A state's plan to calculate the "economic value" of a degree

Inside Higher Ed

” The Crest of a ‘New Wave’ In the strategic plan, the commission notes the proposal is part of a “new wave” of higher education policy focused on value rather than enrollment or degree attainment. “Humanities majors want jobs, too.”

Degree 105
article thumbnail

Leveraging PEP and EMI Data to Improve Institutional Value and Student ROI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 173 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Michael Itzkowitz

The Change Leader, Inc.

They also talk about the careers with the best ROI and how those with liberal arts degrees fare by comparison. Podcast Highlights Michael draws on his background as the former director of the College Scorecard program during his time in the Obama Administration to create user-friendly reports, utilizing the dataset’s 2,000 variables.

article thumbnail

Is for-profit higher education dying or just a shell of itself?

Inside Higher Ed

Word in January that the University of Arkansas system is contemplating buying Phoenix raises fascinating questions about the state of for-profit higher ed and how to regulate the increasingly blurry landscape of postsecondary education and training. Is our public policy still overly focused on those institutions?