Three Year Degrees: Contain Costs and Accelerate Positive Outcomes

  • Chapter 6
  • Dr. Vinton ThompsonPresident, Metropolitan College of New York

2012 Series: Strategies to Address the Rising Cost of Higher Education

Presidential Perspectives is a higher education leadership series written by college presidents for college presidents. The 2011/2012 season represents the 6th year of this popular series. This year's theme is “Strategies to Address the Rising Cost of Higher Education” and focuses on the innovations, best practices, and strategies that colleges and universities are embracing to address the rising cost of Higher Education.

Chapters are authored by notable presidents whose institutions are in the forefront of innovative practices in these areas. One chapter will be released each month, distributed electronically, and posted on this website. At the end of the series, the foreword and chapters will be bound into a keepsake book.

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