Higher Education and the American Workforce

Autor/in	McKiernan, Holiday Hart
Titel	Higher Education and the American Workforce
Quelle	In: Trusteeship, 20 (2012) 3, S.26-31 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-1027
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Global Approach; Skilled Workers; Governing Boards; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Governance; Board of Education Role; Educational Improvement; Improvement Programs; Education Work Relationship; Human Capital; Administrator Responsibility; Educational Quality; Enrollment Management; Labor Needs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Globales Denken; Facharbeiter; Governing body; Governing bodies; Leitungsgremium; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Effizienzsteigerung; Humankapital; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf
Abstract	Without college-level learning, American workers simply won't have the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in today's global economy. The country's long-term economic recovery will rely on getting a greater number of high-quality degrees into the hands of a larger, more diverse pool of graduates. College and university governing boards that not only focus on traditional fiduciary responsibilities, but also drive for major improvements in higher education, will lead the way in a movement the nation cannot afford to postpone. Boards have long been charged with ensuring that institutions invest in good business practices. Now, however, given the need to increase student attainment, boards must think more creatively about what that means--they cannot focus on stewarding assets exclusively from a traditional legal and compliance frame of reference. What, specifically, can and should boards do? Boards can help make higher education more productive by focusing on how to capture efficiencies, deliver instruction in new ways, and work smarter--without compromising the quality of the degrees and credentials they offer. Boards can work with presidents, other top administrators, and professors to help answer the following four questions: (1) How can our institution target financial incentives to support graduating more students with high-quality degrees?; (2) How can our institution use tuition and financial aid to incentivize students to complete their course work on time?; (3) What can be done to implement low-cost, high-quality delivery approaches?; and (4) What business efficiencies can be achieved through joint purchasing, back-office consolidation, and other similar approaches? In their fiduciary role, boards should ensure that students not only gain college degrees and certificates, but that they actually learn what they need along the way to become productive and skilled workers who can contribute to the American economy and a democratic society. (Contains 3 resources.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10