Preliminary attitudinal trends in alternative postsecondary learning

ABSTRACT

This paper explores a novel data set (n = 1190) to understand trends in public disposition towards alternative postsecondary learning, with a focus on employers. Results indicate that public favourability is positive and will remain flat over the next year. Employer attitudes are not meaningfully different from the general public.

KEYWORDS:

• Education economics
• alternative education
• debt crisis
• signalling

JEL CLASSIFICATION:

• 2010 MSC: I21
• I22
• J20

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Notes

¹ (Mattern and Wyatt 2009) note that college students live an average distance of 268 miles from home and a median of 94 miles. This indicates that most students could reduce the cost of college by studying remotely from home.