National Commission on the Future of Higher Ed
Higher Ed at Risk
Liberal Learning
Students
Sallie Mae
100
Spelling Report
What is the National Commission on the Future of Higher Education also known as?
100
Global competitive pressures, technology, finance
What are some of the threats to colleges and universities today?
100
Exist to promote learning activity and to protect the conditions of learning
What is liberal learning?
100
Go to college, get something valuable, the truth
What do students want?
100
Use U.S. Treasury funds to purchase government backed loans
What was the original idea behind the Sallie Mae student loans?
200
Margaret Spelling
The Spelling Report is named after which U.S. Secretary of Education?
200
Best faculty and students, athletic supremacy, reputation of the colleges and universities
What issues reign supreme when considering competitiveness among colleges and universities?
200
Students teaming with energy and conversation
What do liberal arts colleges want in their classrooms?
200
Unaffordable
How do most young people perceive higher education?
200
Currently borrows money from U.S. Treasury at minimal costs for student loans
What is the Direct Loan Program?
300
Study the future of higher education
What was the purpose of the National Commission on the Future of Higher Education?
300
Revenues from the federal government, state and local support
Where do private colleges and universities receive an estimated 25% of their revenues?
300
Learning to make a living
What is utilitarian learning?
300
Student loans
What is a major means of paying for higher education?
300
1992
When was the Direct Loan Program established?
400
September, 2005
When was the commission formerly announced?
400
Resistance to measuring student learning and financial accountability
What is exhibited by a large number of private colleges and universities?
400
Promote desire to learn for the sake of learning and not the grade
What is the goal of liberal learning curriculum?
400
Good investment
What is an end product of taking out student loans?
400
98% - 100%
What percentage the value of defaulted loans does Sallie makeof receive?
500
National discussion about how best to measure student learning and hold colleges and universities accountable
What was the Spelling Report’s final recommendation?
500
Lack of transparency, accountability and public trust
What are the serious issues about private colleges and universities that make it difficult to classify most of them as truly private?
500
Student desire to learn
According to liberal learning, what is a better determinant of the student succeeding than a high SAT Score?
500
Difficult system
How do students who need loans perceive system navigation?
500
60 billion dollars over 10 years
How much could be saved by switching to the Direct Loan Program?
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