Wednesday, September 9, 2020

How universities are innovating to tackle higher education’s affordability crisis - NICOLE ENGELBERT AND STEVE HAHN, eCampus News

Many institutions are already shifting toward nontraditional revenue streams, with an eye toward sustainability. For example, some universities are beefing up pathway programs to court international students, as well as establishing partnerships with the corporate sector to provide continuing education programs for businesses. Of course, the biggest shift has been towards online learning, with schools forced to make the transition – ready or not – amid the pandemic. One of the key factors in higher education’s ability to shift toward more affordable tuition and sustainable, alternative revenue sources is technology. Data will play a huge role in helping institutions determine which approaches don’t work and executing on the ones that do.
https://www.ecampusnews.com/2020/08/27/how-universities-are-innovating-to-tackle-higher-educations-affordability-crisis/