Is Higher Education Worth It?

The debate about the value and contribution of higher education to individuals and society is not a new phenomenon. Issues take different forms in each country but essentially, HE is accused of being insufficiently accountable to students and society for learning outcomes, graduate attributes, and life-sustaining skills in exchange for the funding and public/political support they receive.. What people want to know is how effectively students are learning, what they are achieving, and how personnel, institutions and the systems overall help students to succeed.

Assessing the Contributions of Higher Education. Knowledge for a Disordered World is a vital and timely contribution to a debate that is rising in intensity around the world with big implications for higher education. 

Read Ellen Hazelkorn’s review of this book, to be published in Higher Education. See pre-print version here