Accountability for Productivity Paper prepared for the Lumina Foundation Convening on Productivity (Indianapolis, IN, Nov 15-16, 2010).

Autor/in	Wellman, Jane
Institution	Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability
Titel	Accountability for Productivity Paper prepared for the Lumina Foundation Convening on Productivity (Indianapolis, IN, Nov 15-16, 2010).
Quelle	(2010), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Productivity; Higher Education; Accountability; Cost Effectiveness; Evidence; Educational Attainment; Strategic Planning; College Planning; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Academic Achievement; Decision Making; Outcomes of Education; Outcome Measures; Organizational Communication; Educational Objectives; Educational Policy; Benchmarking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Produktivität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Verantwortung; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Evidenz; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Studienplanung; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Schulleistung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	Productivity gains in higher education won't be made just by improving cost effectiveness or even performance. They need to be documented, communicated, and integrated into a strategic agenda to increase attainment. This requires special attention to "accountability" for productivity, meaning public presentation and communication of evidence about productivity that relates it to the public agenda for higher education. Higher education and state government share culpability for fiscal habits that focus on revenues and budget balancing rather than on spending and outcomes. Changing this equation to value improvements in productivity will force changes in deeply embedded habits both within the institutions and in public policy. It will require a strategic approach to tackling the issues that need to be connected to create sustaining change: decision making; stakeholder perceptions and values; data; and communication. History shows that efforts to address productivity that lodge on just one or even two of these are likely to be scatter-shot and short-lived. Improvements in accountability for productivity need to be developed using metrics and language that help tell a story about the goals for productivity, which are to: (1) Increase educational attainment; (2) Improve credibility for sustained investments; (3) Reduce pressure on tuitions; (4) Focus spending in academic areas; and (5) Invest in student success. A glossary is included. (Contains 1 footnote.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability. Available from: Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research. 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 202-403-5410; e-mail: deltacost@air.org; Web site: http://www.deltacostproject.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10