Change is sorely needed. Tuition is rising unsustainably, saddling record numbers of students with crushing debt. The hangover from the 2008 recession is causing many students and families to view higher ed purely, if misguidedly, from an ROI perspective, to the detriment of the arts and humanities. Many employers are dissatisfied with the critical thinking and communications skills of college graduates. And equity is an issue throughout the country, with too many deserving students from low income and diverse backgrounds thwarted in their attempts to pursue higher education. Exacerbating all these challenges is a tectonic demographic shift that has greatly reduced the size of the traditional college-going population.
