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The chancellor/provost/etc of a university, even a very good university, does not wake up in the morning and F5 on his undergrads’ employment numbers.
They have arguments as to why. (“It’s déclassé! That suggests that the purpose of the university is job prep!”)
They have arguments as to why. (“It’s déclassé! That suggests that the purpose of the university is job prep!”)
There’s an old chestnut that you get what you measure. A refinement on it is that you *deserve* to get the thing that you measure, in the same way that you deserve others to deal with you like they know what your dashboard lists in the top left.
“What do they wake up to?”
USNWR rankings, major donations, various prestige events like faculty winning a Nobel or making a key hire, what their peer set is doing, and (during admissions season only) yield rate and a few other metrics.
Different and more $ focused at T2, T3.
USNWR rankings, major donations, various prestige events like faculty winning a Nobel or making a key hire, what their peer set is doing, and (during admissions season only) yield rate and a few other metrics.
Different and more $ focused at T2, T3.
