The value of higher education

Full-time or part-time

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4096793
AutoresMalcolm Tight (0000-0003-3379-8613, Birkbeck, University of London, autor de correspondencia)
Año1987
Volumen12
Número2
Páginas169-185
Fecha de publicación1987-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075078712331378161
OpenAlexW2070881783
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas16

Consideration of the value of higher education is made difficult by problems of definition, the alternative perspectives possible and the need to place any evaluation in a comparative setting. This paper addresses these difficulties by comparing the value (and values) of two alternative forms of higher education, full-time and part-time, in terms of six related themes—demand, access and equity; maturity and adulthood; employment and activity; residence; cost-effectiveness and productivity; flexibility and innovation. It concludes that part-time higher education is seriously undervalued in this country, and that a shift in the balance of provision is required in order to increase the overall value of higher education for most people in most circumstances. A framework for examining the value of higher education alongside alternative activities or investments is then briefly presented

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Full-time · Higher education · Labour economics · Management · Political science · Productivity · Public economics · Residence · Sociology · Travel time · Value of time · Engineering · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Learning Practices · Higher Education Research Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · Finance