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Relevance is the Key to Higher Education Value

May 2018/in Lawlor Focus /by The Lawlor Group

Exactly how the educational experience is relevant to their lives beyond graduation should be made much more apparent to prospective and current students.

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The Roles of Accountability and Assessment in a College’s Value Proposition

June 2017/in Lawlor Focus /by The Lawlor Group

It’s not only prospective students and families who are taking a closer look at specific outcomes by college—so too are legislators, regulators, task forces, and journalists.

Private Higher Education Marketplace Trends for 2017

January 2017/in Lawlor Focus /by The Lawlor Group

This year our annual trends report points to three main factors families consider as they calculate a college’s value: price, quality, and outcomes.

Trends for 2017

January 2017/in Trends Report /by The Lawlor Group

Prospective students and families calculate a college’s value based on their price to attend, the quality of the educational experience, and resulting outcomes of the degree.

Higher Education’s Gift That Keeps Giving

December 2016/in Lawlor Focus /by The Lawlor Group

Prospective students and their families search not only for the best college experience they can afford, but also for what it continues to give them as graduates.

Competency-Based Education in a Liberal Arts Context

March 2016/in The Lawlor Review /by Brendan Mayer

Since private colleges can do a better job of demonstrating how a liberal arts education prepares students for successful careers, we examined the future of competency-based education in a liberal arts context.

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Meeting Expectations for Return on the College Investment

March 2016/in Lawlor Focus /by The Lawlor Group

With an improving labor market and wages finally climbing, expectations of successful job outcomes from earning a college degree are high.

Jon McGee on Value

November 2015/in Interviews & Speakers /by Jon McGee

Higher education thought leader Jon McGee argues for showing families that the best college value comes from career preparation plus transformational development.

Smart Investment in Higher Ed Outcomes

July 2015/in Lawlor Focus /by The Lawlor Group

As higher education administrators invest in new programs, success will depend on their ability to align institutional resources with marketplace needs.