The "traditional" 18 - 22 year old, residential college student makes up only 16% of the students enrolled in public and private two- and four-year institutions. More than half of today's students are older and are taking classes part-time. Over a million attend for-profit institutions and millions more participate in postsecondary education experiences offered by corporate universities. Most work full or part-time, have little interest in out-of-class activities, and are very savvy about computer-based technologies. These are the "newer students" of higher education and represent the largest market segment of those who will attend college in the foreseeable future. It would seem the drastic shift in market characteristics would be accompanied by strategic shifts in university planning....
Globalization and rapid changing technologies have resulted in a highly competitive job market. This has required a greater demand for higher education to fill in the roles of trainer and developer of marketable skills. However, of late, extensive evidence indicates that graduate unemployment, and mismatches between graduates' skills and the needs of the employment systems are on the rise in many countries. This phenomenon is also seen in Malaysia. This paper examines the main issues facing graduate employment in Malaysia using empirical evidence obtained from annual reports published by the various government ministries as well as a tracer study conducted in year 2002 on Diploma in Banking studies (DIB) graduates from MARA University of Technology, Sarawak Branch. Four issues that incl...
Despite widespread use of strategic planning processes in universities, few leaders in higher education have taken advantage of competitive intelligence techniques. This paper highlights operational threats faced by today's higher education leaders and illustrates how competitive intelligence can help mitigate threats in a university environment. A useful framework for identifying appropriate competitive intelligence analytical techniques that may be utilized to minimize the overall impact of each threat is provided.
On Oct 30, 2006, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Midwest Higher Education Compact held a conference on higher education and economic growth. To begin the conference, Michael Moskow, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, noted that the Midwest's higher education institutions represent a primary asset to the region's economy, providing highly skilled human capital and research and development potential for new businesses and technology transfers. Richard Lester, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, presented his work on a multi-year study conducted by an international consortium of universities that addressed university involvement in local economic change. Lester found that the "one-size-fits-all" approach to economic development does not always work well in real-world scenarios...
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Work by Richard Vedder has questioned whether spending more on higher education necessarily provides larger returns for the local economy. Vedder's work has found that states with higher spending on colleges and universities often fail to have faster economic growth than states with lower spending, even after controlling for differences in other key variables. However, a project by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in conjunction with the University of Cambridge in the UK, has revealed that the role of universities as a public forum for discussing ideas and as a platform for creating opportunities for firms to apply new technologies to their businesses can be significant. The nature of the industrial transformation in the local economy in large part defines what the best ...
RALEIGH, N.C. - In choosing to serve her country in uniform, Hayleigh Lynn Perez knowingly accepted a nomadic life. Now the former Army sergeant said she and thousands of other veterans trying to get a higher education are being penalized for that enforced rootlessness. Under the Post-9/11 GI Bill, the federal government will pick up the full in-state cost for any honorably discharged servicemember wishing to attend a public college or university. However, because the often intricate rules governing residency differ from state to state, and even within university systems, many veterans face a bewildering battle to exercise the benefits they've already fought for.
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