Restoring Trust In Higher Education: Making the Investment Worthwhile Again

Leaders from both private and public institutions provide a 360-degree view of the challenges and opportunities facing higher education—and offer a manifesto for restoring relevance and respect.

• Applies the research-based and field-tested ROCC of Trust© model as a means for providers and consumers to evaluate how an educational institution is addressing key issues regarding the relevance of earning a degree

• Shares expert opinions on how to make higher education worthwhile, both developmentally and financially

• Develops a call to action showing how institutions of higher education can rebuild the trust they have lost because of skyrocketing tuition costs, declining graduation rates, and persistent underemployment of recent grads

• Includes checklists that will help students, parents, and higher education employees assess whether a given institution is worth the money/investment

• Offers a calculator that can be used to quantify the payoff from attending various educational institutions