Posts Tagged ‘productivity’
DC Shuttle: STEM’ing Immigration; Measuring Higher Ed Productivity; Funding Upward Bound
by The New England Council
May 21, 2012
Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) introduced legislation Wednesday to create a new category of student visas for those studying in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. The bill would create a new category of non-immigrant visa for foreign students pursuing a master's degree or doctorate in the ...
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Raising Degree Productivity by Spending Wisely
by Darrell P. Aaron
December 15, 2010
The nation is consumed by the quest to grant more college degrees. A new report by Douglas Harris and Sara Goldrick-Rab if the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers a look at how to do that cost-effectively.
“The (Un)Productivity of American Higher Education: From Cost Disease to Cost-Effectiveness" compares several practices to see which are cost-effective for producing ...
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