Higher Education Goals and Motivations Modules (1-2)
This flashcard set helps you reflect on personal motivations and priorities for pursuing higher education, including key goal factors like self-growth, expectations, and long-term happiness.
You're motivated by a desire to use higher education to improve your future. But it's important to think beyond school as just an investment, and also consider what will make you happy.
Identifying my goals about higher education.
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You're motivated by a desire to use higher education to improve your future. But it's important to think beyond school as just an investment, and also consider what will make you happy.
Identifying my goals about higher education.
1
Stepping It Up
2
Extending Yourself
3
Doing What's Expected of You
4
Getting into Your Best School
5
Just Getting Away
My order of importance of goal factors about higher education.
The full cost of attendance to an institute of higher education, including tuition, room and board, books and other costs is known as _____.
The sticker price.
Why would researching the average earnings by major and by career be useful to you as you choose an institute for higher education?
It can help you anticipate the return on investment based on how much you could earn.
Why would finding graduation rates be helpful in determining an institution's return on investment?
Taking more than four years to graduate will increase costs and may impact return on investment.
Choosing the higher education institution with the cheapest sticker price might be a bad idea because _____.
More expensive schools may be cheaper once the net cost has been determined.
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| Term | Definition |
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You're motivated by a desire to use higher education to improve your future. But it's important to think beyond school as just an investment, and also consider what will make you happy. | Identifying my goals about higher education. |
1 | My order of importance of goal factors about higher education. |
The full cost of attendance to an institute of higher education, including tuition, room and board, books and other costs is known as _____. | The sticker price. |
Why would researching the average earnings by major and by career be useful to you as you choose an institute for higher education? | It can help you anticipate the return on investment based on how much you could earn. |
Why would finding graduation rates be helpful in determining an institution's return on investment? | Taking more than four years to graduate will increase costs and may impact return on investment. |
Choosing the higher education institution with the cheapest sticker price might be a bad idea because _____. | More expensive schools may be cheaper once the net cost has been determined. |
A net price calculator _____. | It can help you estimate how much money you might get in scholarships and grants at a given institution of higher education. |
A positive return on investment for higher education _____. | Your earning potential is higher than your cost of education. |
Which of the following is not an example of how you can reduce the full cost of higher education? | Buy all books at the bookstore as early as possible. |
Anna got a high-paying job as a lab technician upon graduation. She took five years to graduate from a public university and did take out a lot of loans. What kind of return on investment (ROI) does Anna demonstrate? | Positive ROI |
Jobs and careers that require degrees or certificates generally _____ jobs that require little or no training.v | Earn more money than. |
Why are net costs of higher education different than sticker prices? | Net costs of higher education are different than sticker prices since net costs include all scholarships, grants and special finance financing. |
How can attending a community college help create a positive return on investment for higher education? | You spend less money the first two years then transfer to a four year institution. |
What is a sticker price for higher education? | The price of attendance including tuition, room and board, and other costs. |