One of his ongoing projects examines the value of graduate degrees.
They spoke with lawmakers about the value of graduate education to the State of California.
The value of graduates is reflected in the fact that innovative, high-growth companies have more than double the share of employees with degrees than non-innovative businesses.
"How do you measure the value of graduate school, the Peace Corps or Teach for America, all of which are low-paying?
The fact that what comes next is, increasingly, unclear — that many graduate students don't go into academia, but pursue other jobs — might only mean that a greater proportion of the value of graduate school must be revealed with time.
The fact that what comes next is, increasingly, unclear that many graduate students don't go into academia, but pursue other jobs might only mean that a greater proportion of the value of graduate school must be revealed with time.
This means seriously considering the evidence on the need for, and value of, graduates to ensure that decisions we make are well informed, not made in a short-term vacuum.
The MIT Summer Research Program MSRPP) seeks to promote the value of graduate education; to improve the research enterprise through increased diversity; and to prepare and recruit the best and brightest for graduate education at MIT.
Founded in 1986, each year MSRP serves about 40 undergraduate students from schools around the U.S. Aimed at underrepresented or underserved students, the program's mission is to promote the value of graduate education, increase diversity, and prepare and recruit talented scholars for graduate school at MIT.
However, higher education systems do not sufficiently utilize career-oriented data about current learners to improve the quality and the value of graduates in meeting market needs (Seely Brown 2008).
