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

Aneil K. Mishra, PhD, is the Thomas D. Arthur Distinguished Professor of Leadership at East Carolina University's College of Business.