2019
Snead, Mark C.; Jones, Amy A.
THE ECONOMIC ROLE OF OKLAHOMA’S PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Technical Report
2019.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Economic Impact, Education, Higher Education, Oklahoma
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title = {THE ECONOMIC ROLE OF OKLAHOMA’S PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES},
author = {Mark C. Snead and Amy A. Jones},
url = {https://www.regiontrack.com/www/wp-content/uploads/OK-SCRF-Economic-Impact-of-Higher-Education-RegionTrack-2019.pdf},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
urldate = {2019-01-01},
abstract = {Oklahoma’s system of public colleges and universities plays a large and increasingly important role in the state’s ongoing economic development efforts. Higher education has developed into a
cornerstone institution that is tasked with fostering an increasingly skilled and competitive state labor force.
The goal of this report is to help state policymakers and the public better understand the various economic contributions of the System as it is currently structured, as well as the role it plays
within the state-level economic development strategies that are currently in place.
The analysis is structured around five core questions concerning the economic role of the System:
1. What are the various activities and contributions of the current System, and what do they cost?
2. How competitive is the Oklahoma labor force, and is the state making progress relative to the nation and peer states?
3. Are there sufficient economic returns to students to justify the cost of higher education?
4. To what degree can increased levels of education contribute to broader state economic growth?
and
5. How large is the economic contribution of the operations of the System to the state and the local economies where System facilities are located?
From a public policy perspective, these questions are believed to address several of the most important aspects of the economic role of the System.},
keywords = {Economic Impact, Education, Higher Education, Oklahoma},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {techreport}
}
Oklahoma’s system of public colleges and universities plays a large and increasingly important role in the state’s ongoing economic development efforts. Higher education has developed into a
cornerstone institution that is tasked with fostering an increasingly skilled and competitive state labor force.
The goal of this report is to help state policymakers and the public better understand the various economic contributions of the System as it is currently structured, as well as the role it plays
within the state-level economic development strategies that are currently in place.
The analysis is structured around five core questions concerning the economic role of the System:
1. What are the various activities and contributions of the current System, and what do they cost?
2. How competitive is the Oklahoma labor force, and is the state making progress relative to the nation and peer states?
3. Are there sufficient economic returns to students to justify the cost of higher education?
4. To what degree can increased levels of education contribute to broader state economic growth?
and
5. How large is the economic contribution of the operations of the System to the state and the local economies where System facilities are located?
From a public policy perspective, these questions are believed to address several of the most important aspects of the economic role of the System.
cornerstone institution that is tasked with fostering an increasingly skilled and competitive state labor force.
The goal of this report is to help state policymakers and the public better understand the various economic contributions of the System as it is currently structured, as well as the role it plays
within the state-level economic development strategies that are currently in place.
The analysis is structured around five core questions concerning the economic role of the System:
1. What are the various activities and contributions of the current System, and what do they cost?
2. How competitive is the Oklahoma labor force, and is the state making progress relative to the nation and peer states?
3. Are there sufficient economic returns to students to justify the cost of higher education?
4. To what degree can increased levels of education contribute to broader state economic growth?
and
5. How large is the economic contribution of the operations of the System to the state and the local economies where System facilities are located?
From a public policy perspective, these questions are believed to address several of the most important aspects of the economic role of the System.