The America’s Future Foundation hosted “Bursting the College Bubble:
The Status of Higher Education Today” Thursday at the Pope Center for
Higher Education Policy, where four experts discussed the increased debt
burden young Americans face and questioned the value of higher
education relative to its cost.
“A deception has led too many under-qualified students to enter college,” said the moderator, Lindsey Burke of the Heritage Foundation.
Jenna Robinson from the Pope Center said, “Enrollment has increased fantastically” because “we hear that the bachelor’s degree is the ticket to the American dream.”
Since so many people enter college, however, “universities have dumbed down their curriculum.”
Robinson cited the book Academically Adrift, which argues that nearly half of college students had no “significant improvement in learning” by the end of their sophomore year. Some graduates “cannot write or orally communicate in an office at an acceptable level,” Robinson said.
Andrew Gillen, a senior researcher at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, agreed. He suggested an “outside certification exam, tied to a school, to come up with a value-added measure for that school.”
The “fundamental characteristic” of an economic bubble is “unsustainable growth,” Gillen said. In higher education, such expansion comes in two areas: enrollment and costs.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/bursting-the-high-ed-bubble/
“A deception has led too many under-qualified students to enter college,” said the moderator, Lindsey Burke of the Heritage Foundation.
Jenna Robinson from the Pope Center said, “Enrollment has increased fantastically” because “we hear that the bachelor’s degree is the ticket to the American dream.”
Since so many people enter college, however, “universities have dumbed down their curriculum.”
Robinson cited the book Academically Adrift, which argues that nearly half of college students had no “significant improvement in learning” by the end of their sophomore year. Some graduates “cannot write or orally communicate in an office at an acceptable level,” Robinson said.
Andrew Gillen, a senior researcher at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, agreed. He suggested an “outside certification exam, tied to a school, to come up with a value-added measure for that school.”
The “fundamental characteristic” of an economic bubble is “unsustainable growth,” Gillen said. In higher education, such expansion comes in two areas: enrollment and costs.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/bursting-the-high-ed-bubble/
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