Main findings
There is strong evidence from here and elsewhereHowever, as covered below in the Study strengths and weaknesses section, this economic evaluation does not measure some of the wider costs and benefits of improving student health—such as potentially reduced use of university healthcare services (less cost to the university) and increasing security of tuition fee income (fees not lost through student dropout). The importance of the latter point is touched on by Simpson: “As the costs and benefits of higher education become an increasingly important economic issue for students, institutions and governments, student retention will correspondingly gather increasing importance as a vital aspect of the economic analysis of higher education.” (p.34, 35)