Experts Call for New Higher Education Research Agenda
PALO ALTO, Calif.
Although more people than ever have access to American institutions of higher learning, a new report says research is needed to examine what educational programs are offered at colleges and what students actually learn.
The 25-page essay, entitled “Beyond Dead Reckoning: Research Priorities for Redirecting American Higher Education,” is published by the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement (NCPI) headquartered at Stanford University. The report poses a fundamental question: More people have access, but access to what?
