A Value-Added Model to Measure Higher Education Returns on Government Investment

Autor/in	Sparks, Roland J.
Titel	A Value-Added Model to Measure Higher Education Returns on Government Investment
Quelle	In: Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 4 (2011) 2, S.15-22 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1940-5847
Schlagwörter	Investment; State Federal Aid; Higher Education; Achievement Gains; Achievement Rating; Academic Achievement; Outcomes of Education; Outcome Measures; Measurement Techniques; Measurement Objectives; Models; Educational Assessment; College Outcomes Assessment; Educational Indicators + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Investments; Geldanlage; Investiton; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Schulleistung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Messtechnik; Analogiemodell; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator
Abstract	The cost of college is increasing faster than inflation with the government funding over 19 million student loans that have a current outstanding balance of over $850 billion in 2010. Student default rates for 2008 averaged 7% but for some colleges, default rates were as high as 46.8%. Congress is demanding answers from colleges and universities about the quality of their education and the return on the government's investment. Current practices measure universities effectiveness by self-developed and measured outcomes. This system does not seem to be effective in measuring the value-added by a college education. This paper develops a model to evaluate the value-added through higher education. The model uses financial return on investment as viewed by the government lenders. A service quality model is introduced to help identify factors that are significant and easy to measure in determining a university's ability to return the government's investment. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01