Questioning the Way Colleges Are Managed

Jack Kadden:

Ninety percent of parents believe it is likely that their children will attend college, and most of them believe that any student can get the loans or financial aid required. But a new survey, reported on by my colleague, Tamar Lewin, finds that parents don't have a lot of confidence in the way colleges are managed.

Increasingly, parents think colleges are too focused on their own finances, rather than the educational experience of students, the survey found.

"One of the really disturbing things about this, for those of us who work in higher education," said Patrick Callan, president of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, "is the vote of no confidence we're getting from the public. They think college is important, but they're really losing trust in the management and leadership."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 18, 2010 3:12 AM
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