Solutions for Our Future is a national project to increase awareness of the impact that higher education has on society by preparing people to solve world problems and teaching the people that will change the world. Launched on 2006 the project is sponsored by the American Council on Education on behalf of public and private colleges, community and business partners and Campus Compact.
The main reason for launching the project was to impress upon the public the need to invest in human capital to meet the economic, social, and global challenges the country is facing. The project places at the forefront of its purpose investment in higher education. Funding reductions for higher education at both the state and federal level have forced increases in tuition and cuts in access at a time when American can ill afford to fall further behind other countries in education. Funding should be increased because higher education generates social and economic returns for the country. Students that earn bachelor’s degrees generally earn higher salaries, contribute more to the tax base, are less likely to be unemployed, in jail, or dependent on public assistance.
The main reason for launching the project was to impress upon the public the need to invest in human capital to meet the economic, social, and global challenges the country is facing. The project places at the forefront of its purpose investment in higher education. Funding reductions for higher education at both the state and federal level have forced increases in tuition and cuts in access at a time when American can ill afford to fall further behind other countries in education. Funding should be increased because higher education generates social and economic returns for the country. Students that earn bachelor’s degrees generally earn higher salaries, contribute more to the tax base, are less likely to be unemployed, in jail, or dependent on public assistance.
Three goals for the project are:
- Not only increase the public’s awareness of the contributions of colleges and universities to our collective well-being, but to also see that that awareness is reflected in public discourse.
- Increase support for higher education as a public policy priority.
- Ensure that each campus is able to fully engage in doing its part to see that higher education meets the needs of our society.
References
Solutions for Our Future. (2006). Retrieved October 18, 2009, from http://tsp.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=about_us_r
http://www.solutionsforourfuture.org/site/DocServer/WaysToGetTheWordOut_2008.pdf?docID=921
http://www.solutionsforourfuture.org/site/PageServer?pagename=tk_facts
http://www.solutionsforourfuture.org/site/PageServer?pagename=tk_core_messages
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