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                        Economic   Prosperity   and New   Innovative   Products  High   importance  High   importance  High   importance  High   importance





                          Academic   Rigor and   High   Standards  High   importance  High   importance  High   importance  High   importance





                        Earn 4-Year   Degree and   Pursue   Graduate   Degree  High   importance  High   importance  High   importance  High   importance  High   importance






                             Earn 4-Year   Degree and   Get a Job  High   importance  High   importance  High   importance  High   importance  High   importance



                     Attributes of Higher Education That Each Customer Believes Are Highly Important a

                          Service to the   Academy that   Supports Research   and Teaching  High importance High importance means that a customer attaches the highest worth to this attribute. Because a cell is blank does not necessarily mean that the customer feels this  attribute is unimportant. For example, parents, other family members, and friend








                               Teaching   Enhancements  High   importance  High   importance  High   importance  High   importance  High   importance






                             Basic and   Applied   Research  High   importance  High   importance  most organizations interact with universities.










                  TABLE 4.2      Customers  Students  Third parties   Parents, other family   members, and friends  Government  Higher education  Organization that hire   graduates  a
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