Degrees of opportunity: Rethinking value in higher ed

Colleges and universities are doing a better job lately explaining the value of their degrees, and increasingly they’re getting important help in making that case.
Colleges and universities are doing a better job lately explaining the value of their degrees, and increasingly they’re getting important help in making that case.
Critics of higher education have a point: Average inflation-adjusted tuition has gone down, but remains too high. Degrees pay off, but too many grads struggle finding good jobs.
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In a time of tense scrutiny of higher education, it helps to be reminded why college matters.
Jamie Merisotis talks with journalist Paul Fain about the history of the attainment movement and what comes next. See their discussion from the 16th annual ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego.
To truly address college affordability, higher ed leaders and policymakers need to fundamentally rethink the system: Who is paying for college, and how?
Diversity and equity initiatives are increasingly under attack in statehouses, schools, and corporations across the country. But amid this rising rhetoric, a critical misunderstanding threatens our nation’s future—one that could erode our global leadership and economic prosperity.
On this podcast, Merisotis discusses some of the challenges that still exist for Americans trying to obtain credentials of value, plus Lumina’s new national goal to expand and elevate higher education and workforce training by 2040 and what it will take to get there.
In response to falling public confidence, higher ed needs to deliver greater value and a clear return on investment.