Do colleges thing they are “very effective” at preparing college students for success?  Apparently not. Inside Higher Ed surveyed 597 Provosts (the people in charge of your kid’s learning in college) and asked them how effective they were at preparing your kids for the real world.  Apparently, their confidence is less than what one would expect when you are paying tens-of-thousands of dollars in tuition.

The chart below highlights the lack of confidence college provosts have in achieving their institutions mission of preparing students for their futures.

The above chart should concern parents as they invest incredible resources in their kids’ college education. The statistics in the chart speak for themselves and emphasize the importance of college students taking charge of their own education.  While there are a lot of things that colleges and universities do well, the fact that the top academic officers evaluate their institutions as low as the above stats indicate should be cause for concern.

Steven J. Harvey, Ph.D. 

CEO, www.MyCollegeMax.com  |  CEO, www.steveharveyphd.com