The future challenges and prospects for institutions of higher education are explored in this paper in the context of a rapidly changing external environment arising from seismic shifts in the global socio-economic, political and technological arenas. The implications of these paradigm shifts...

In this study, we adopt the Probit model and employ data on nine new freshmen cohorts at a public regional university to examine predictive factors for students' retention and measure projected probability of retention for an average college student. Results suggest four main findings: 1) high...

The students all over the world, many a times, encounter the question - Are education costs worth the degree? To answer this, Actuarial sciences major undergraduate degree at US based Ivy League University, in-state public university and out-of state public university was evaluated. Based upon...