Increasing the Economic Development Role of Higher Education
Increasing the Economic Development Role of Higher Education
This chapter shows how Halfway Home and a Long Way to Go took a full frontal whack at higher education in the South, stating bluntly that the region “doesn't get its money's worth” out of higher education, charging politicians with “adding programs with little regard to cost, merit or duplication,” accusing education administrators of focusing more on growing enrollment than on “increasing quality or relevance of the education and research they administer,” and calling on higher education to align course offerings more closely with workforce demand. The report recommended five areas of focus: deepening linkages between higher education and the private sector; increasing remedial education in higher education; increasing access for underrepresented groups; focusing campus missions more carefully; and linking funding growth to improvements in quality.
Keywords: higher education, the South, education administrators, course offerings, workforce demand
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