Tag: ROI



Forbes released its 10th annual ranking of  America’s Top Colleges  Aug. 2, and Washington University was #4 among the Top 25 Colleges in the Midwest for 2017. Nationally, Forbes ranks WashU at #36 on a list of 50 schools dominated by universities located on the east and west coasts.

Methodology
The FORBES Top Colleges ranking has always placed its focus solely on the direct benefits a college or university provides its students. Favoring output over input, Forbes eschews common metrics like acceptance rate, endowment and freshmen SAT scores – numbers that say far more about a school’s “prestige” than its actual effectiveness – and instead favors variables like alumni salary, graduation rate and student satisfaction.

The ROI-centric logic behind this year’s ranking is no different, but part of the methodology and some of the data sources have been reexamined and revamped to better align this list with what FORBES values most: entrepreneurship, success, impact and the consumer experience.

“Before you become a college student, you need to think like a graduate. Our goal is to showcase the colleges and universities that deliver the best return on your education investment dollars: low student debt, on-time graduation, quality academics, high earning potential and career success,” said Caroline Howard, Digital Managing Editor, Forbes Media.

Link to the Forbes list here

Source: Forbes news release




Brazil has invested millions to host the Rio Olympic Games this summer. Patrick Rishe, director of Olin’s Business of Sports program, predicts the ROI could be disappointing. He discusses the potential economic disaster for Brazil with Frank Cusumano on The Press Box.

“I just don’t see where the return is. The main return from hosting the Rio Olympics is people coming back and touring. With all the negative attention people aren’t going to want to go back to Rio. I think that most of the people coming to the games are going to be people from the other South American countries.” – Patrick Rishe

Link to article and audio.

Link to Rishe’s latest column on Forbes.com: “Horrific Pre-Olympics Press Dooms Brazil To Poor Economic Returns From Hosting Games.” Rishe predicts:

[The Rio Olympics] may set a modern Olympic-era low for (1) number of non-local visitors to the country during the Olympic Games, and (2) number of future tourists who travel to an Olympic host city or country on the strength of the good press and public relations realized by the host before or during the Games.