Sunday, April 13, 2014

Has Higher Ed Peaked? - Bryan Alexander, Inside Higher Ed

All of this is a thought experiment, not a prediction of a likely or desired future. The peak model may founder on emerging developments, such as a popular resurgence in support for higher education, or the appearance of hitherto unused cost cutting measures or a major growth in nontraditional age enrollments. Instead of a major peak, the data touched on in this article could represent only a blip or hiccup in a continuing story of American higher education’s growth. But until such developments emerge, we should consider the peak higher education explanation of real data and present trendlines. It is, at least, a provocation to get us thinking about campus strategy in new, if darker ways. http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2014/04/07/essay-considers-whether-higher-education-us-has-peaked