Reeser: Practitioner Degrees Generate Returns to Fund Entire Universities
Mike Reiser · Texas State Technical College: The School With a Money-Back Guarantee · Joe Lonsdale · Jan 6, 2022 · at 8:47
Mike Reeser, Chancellor of Texas State Technical College, explains how professional and practitioner programs like engineering and finance subsidize broader university offerings.
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“Those are all degrees that are going to result in outstanding economic impact. That by itself creates a value base that would easily justify the funding for an entire university so that the softer programs, if you will, are carried by those who have a more tangible economic return.”
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