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OVERVIEW

Students and families are increasingly concerned about the value of college – the return graduates derive from higher education expenses like ever-rising tuition bills. Too many are leaving college underemployed, unsatisfied and uncertain their investment in higher education was worth it.

Colleges and states are under mounting pressure to improve student outcomes; several states have implemented higher education funding formulas tied to student success, and the federal government has issued a College Scorecard for consumers. Meanwhile, employers continue to express disappointment in the job-readiness of recent college graduates.

A focus on College Value can address these concerns by equipping students, institutions, policymakers and higher education leaders with data and tools that illuminate critical links and opportunities between student goals and pathways, institutional offerings and workforce needs.

For policymakers, understanding and promoting College Value is imperative for equipping citizens with valuable job skills and securing the economic future of their states. For employers, reinforcing College Value means ensuring the job-readiness of recent graduates. And for institutions under mounting pressure to improve student outcomes, high College Value could lead to higher enrollment numbers and increased funding.

USA Funds’ College Value platform provides grants to projects across five focus areas – return on investment, well-being, supply/demand analysis, quality assurance and performance-based funding – that measure the value of postsecondary education and training programs in innovative and important ways:

  • At the institutional level AND the program level
  • In terms of qualitative measures such as well-being and job satisfaction, in addition to quantitative measures such as wages

A project unlike any other, USA Funds is aligning the interests of disparate organizations to develop multiple models aimed at helping students and their families, policymakers, and postsecondary institutions make more-informed decisions about the training and skills that will provide the greatest value to students and their communities.

COLLEGE VALUE

College Value is best determined using state-level, program-specific and career-based metrics. Learn more about USA Funds’ national work supporting the future of higher education through grants aimed at return on investment, well-being, supply/demand, quality assurance and performance-based funding.
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GRANTEE NEWS

UCCF/AIR/Gallup–Watch the highlights of the Launch My Career Texas conference!

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UCCG/AIR/Gallup– Bill Hammond, president and CEO of the Texas Association of Business, says, “Launch My Career TX is essential to college planning. It is uniquely positioned to help Texas’ students determine what path is right for them based on their personal goals and career aspirations. When students succeed, it means a better-prepared and more-qualified workforce for Texas in the future.”

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UCCF/AIR/Gallup–The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Texas Association of Business, USA Funds and College Measures have officially introduced Launch My Career Texas.

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Launch My Career Texas

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