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Higher education redesign needed to boost the economy

University World News, U.K. - Opinion Piece

February 12, 2012

Today the US has dropped all the way to 15th in the college attainment level of young adults, based on OECD data. Clearly, the only path out of this deep hole is through a redesign of the higher education system, with a dual focus on increasing capacity while maintaining or improving quality. Part of the solution lies in performance-based funding that rewards institutions not for the number of students they enrol, but for how many of their students succeed. The US must also shift away from a higher education system based on time (the foundation for how credits are awarded) to one based on learning.

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