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The educational services industry includes a variety of institutions that offer academic education, career and technical instruction, and other education and training to millions of students each year.
Educational services is the second largest US industry, accounting for about 13.5 million jobs in 2008.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2011)
The service sector produces intangible goods, some well knowngovernment, health, education
and some quite newmodern communications, information, and business services.....
World Bank (2009) Growth of the Service Sector
Education is a service industry comprising 10 percent of the US GDP, second only to health care at 17 percent.
Prosperity in the 20th Century relied on creativeness, ingenuity, risk taking, and brainpower, leading to huge breakthroughs and new businesses;
i.e. Investing in the minds of young people
Korea invests 22% of GDP in education.
Debate is
Is education a service provider or a community of scholars?
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Student Expectations The difference between what a student expects and what the institution thinks the student expects Service Design and Standards The difference between the institutions understanding of students expectations and the development of service designs and standards Service Delivery The difference between the service designs and standards and the actual delivery of the service Institutional Promises The difference between the delivery of the service and the promises made by the University brand, advertising, sales force etc
Quality of teaching and support Availability of staff (total contact time) Quality of resources Availability of resources (total waiting time) All other Supplementary Services Hedonic aspects
Larson R., (2009) Education: Our Most Important Service Sector; Service Science 1(4), i-iii, 2009 SSG US Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Career Guide to Industries, 2010-11 Edition, Educational Services http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs034.htm (visited March 18, 2012 ).