The McKinsey Quarterly

McKinsey Quarterly is the business journal of McKinsey & Company.

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April 2011

America’s economic health depends on additional college-trained workers. Some universities are showing how to graduate more students at lower cost.

April 2011

Innovating US higher education: Arizona State University’s Michael Crow

A pace-setting university president explains why US universities need to become more productive, and how to advance reforms.

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April 2011

Linking jobs and education in the Arab world

The region’s future prosperity depends on its youth. Governments must ensure that young people have the right skills for the jobs being created.
December 2010

How does a school system improve?

New research suggests that common sets of interventions can help systems move from one performance level to the next, without regard to culture, geography, politics, or history.
September 2010

Attracting and retaining top talent in US teaching

Only 23 percent of entering teachers come from the top third of their graduating class. What would it take to do better?

June 2009

The economic cost of the US education gap

Gaps in academic achievement cost the US economy trillions of dollars a year. Yet there is reason to think they could be closed.

March 2008

Innovation in health care: An interview with the CEO of the Cleveland Clinic

Delos "Toby" Cosgrove discusses innovation in health care—including a key role for top executives to play in reducing the nation’s health care burden.

November 2007

Act global, think local

When companies globalize, executives must anticipate the reaction at home. Norsk Hydro President and CEO Eivind Reiten explains why.

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November 2007

Business beyond oil in the Middle East

Arif Naqvi of Abraaj Capital, a Dubai-based private equity firm, explores generational change in the Middle East and its implications.

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March 2007

Improving education in the Gulf

Educational reform should focus on outcomes, not inputs.

December 2003

Educating global workers

Poor education in the developing world is not a barrier to improving productivity there. But economic growth is needed before education can progress.
November 2003

Purchasing lessons for schools

Districts that improve their purchasing processes can capture significant savings.

May 2002

Small schools, big lessons

Small learning communities can help big-city public schools re-create the intimacy and personal attention of their small-town counterparts, boosting graduation rates and achievement.

February 2001

Fast lines at Digital High

Computers have transformed work. They could also transform education.

May 1997

IT in UK schools: It’s time for a strategy

The United Kingdom has a higher ratio of computers per schoolchild than almost any other country, including the United States. Yet information technology has had little appreciable influence on educational standards. Schools policy has focused too much on providing hardware, and not enough on fully integrating computers into education.

November 1995

World class: Schools on the Net

We can put classrooms on the information superhighway now. Is it worth 4 percent of the school budgets?