Why higher education is facing an existential threat | Opinion
Higher education’s too common disconnect between degrees and jobs in business, industry and government.
The multitudes of alternative options from the for-profit sector for certificates and quick-learn programs.Higher education’s extreme resistance to change — evenAntiquated recruiting and admissions processes for many institutions that are rapidly losing out to the institutions who are good at it .And the drop in confidence in our higher education system.
This is, indeed, an existential challenge, but one which most institutions with the will, the vision and the sense of urgency can ultimately overcome. Mary Landon Darden is the president of Higher Education Innovation LLC. She is the author of “Entrepreneuring the Future of Higher Education: Radical Transformation in Times of Profound Change” and “Beyond 2020: Envisioning the Future of Universities in America.” She wrote this column for The Dallas Morning News.
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