Higher Ed: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/business-leaders-see-higher-education-as-hampering-economic-growth/40520?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en

http://www.publicagenda.org/files/pdf/Hiring_HigherEd.pdf

Corporate executives may consider America’s higher education system the best in the world, but a new report from Public Agenda, commissioned by the Committee for Economic Development (CED), suggests that business leaders fear that skyrocketing tuition and a growing skills gap could have serious consequences for the nation’s economic future. Hiring and Higher Education, based on focus groups and interviews with nearly 40 business executives from a variety of large and mid-size companies, adds an important voice to a growing debate about the role and value of America’s higher education system in fueling an economic recovery.

http://www.publicagenda.org/

http://www.ced.org/