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I think the future of Higher Ed looks more like the recently departed Clay Christensen suggested ... half of the colleges and universities are going to cease to exist (his timeline for this prediction passed before he did, but it may still happen in the next five years). The colleges that remain will be supported by the state but politicians will consolidate resources toward flagship universities and begin shutting down directional colleges and community colleges to keep those universities afloat. Small liberal arts colleges that actually focused on the liberal arts (#2 goal mentioned by Carey) won't be able to survive except for the ones that have a unique brand value and strong endowment that allows them to bridge the divide. Stanford and Harvard will continue to exist as will many of the top 50 USNWR schools, and even thrive, but they will have used this experience to really play with technology as a means of supporting students outside the classroom and even off location (e.g., internships, independent study abroad away from a partner university, another pandemic), while slashing costs for facilities and faculty. This will allow them to grow their classes (maybe 2-3x) because of lower requirements for students to all be on campus at the same time, but this would not be opening it up to the world. But with the fallout of schools like Northeastern University and Santa Clara University being forced to shut down, Harvard and Stanford will still be able to easily fill their classes, and the bachelor degree will again rise in value. 

NYU Marketing prof sorts 400 colleges into “thrive,” “survive,” “struggle,” and “perish” groupings. Article that names names: https://www.parents.com/kids/education/c...-pandemic/
The prof’s methodology: https://www.profgalloway.com/uss-university/
And his spreadsheet of school ratings: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...04zk5IKXBQ

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I think the future of Higher Ed looks more like the recently departed Clay Christensen suggested ... half of the colleges and universities are going to cease to exist (his timeline for this prediction passed before he did, but it may still happen in the next five years). The colleges that remain will be supported by the state but politicians will consolidate resources toward flagship universities and begin shutting down directional colleges and community colleges to keep those universities afloat. Small liberal arts colleges that actually focused on the liberal arts (#2 goal mentioned by Carey) won't be able to survive except for the ones that have a unique brand value and strong endowment that allows them to bridge the divide. Stanford and Harvard will continue to exist as will many of the top 50 USNWR schools, and even thrive, but they will have used this experience to really play with technology as a means of supporting students outside the classroom and even off location (e.g., internships, independent study abroad away from a partner university, another pandemic), while slashing costs for facilities and faculty. This will allow them to grow their classes (maybe 2-3x) because of lower requirements for students to all be on campus at the same time, but this would not be opening it up to the world. But with the fallout of schools like Northeastern University and Santa Clara University being forced to shut down, Harvard and Stanford will still be able to easily fill their classes, and the bachelor degree will again rise in value. 

NYU Marketing prof sorts 400 colleges into “thrive,” “survive,” “struggle,” and “perish” groupings. Article that names names: https://www.parents.com/kids/education/c...-pandemic/
The prof’s methodology: https://www.profgalloway.com/uss-university/
And his spreadsheet of school ratings: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...04zk5IKXBQ

[Mick]

I think the future of Higher Ed looks more like the recently departed Clay Christensen suggested ... half of the colleges and universities are going to cease to exist (his timeline for this prediction passed before he did, but it may still happen in the next five years). The colleges that remain will be supported by the state but politicians will consolidate resources toward flagship universities and begin shutting down directional colleges and community colleges to keep those universities afloat. Small liberal arts colleges that actually focused on the liberal arts (#2 goal mentioned by Carey) won't be able to survive except for the ones that have a unique brand value and strong endowment that allows them to bridge the divide. Stanford and Harvard will continue to exist as will many of the top 50 USNWR schools, and even thrive, but they will have used this experience to really play with technology as a means of supporting students outside the classroom and even off location (e.g., internships, independent study abroad away from a partner university, another pandemic), while slashing costs for facilities and faculty. This will allow them to grow their classes (maybe 2-3x) because of lower requirements for students to all be on campus at the same time, but this would not be opening it up to the world. But with the fallout of schools like Northeastern University and Santa Clara University being forced to shut down, Harvard and Stanford will still be able to easily fill their classes, and the bachelor degree will again rise in value. 

NYU Marketing prof sorts 400 colleges into “thrive,” “survive,” “struggle,” and “perish” groupings. Article that names names: https://www.parents.com/kids/education/c...-pandemic/
The prof’s methodology: https://www.profgalloway.com/uss-university/
And his spreadsheet of school ratings: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...04zk5IKXBQ

Interesting. The "Thrive" list is about what you'd expect.  Ivies Columbia and Brown University on the "Survive" list along with Georgetown and SCU. All of the listed UC's (Merced not included) are listed as "Survive" except UC-Santa Cruz, listed as "Challenged."  I don't think it's going anywhere.

[Mick]

I think the future of Higher Ed looks more like the recently departed Clay Christensen suggested ... half of the colleges and universities are going to cease to exist (his timeline for this prediction passed before he did, but it may still happen in the next five years). The colleges that remain will be supported by the state but politicians will consolidate resources toward flagship universities and begin shutting down directional colleges and community colleges to keep those universities afloat. Small liberal arts colleges that actually focused on the liberal arts (#2 goal mentioned by Carey) won't be able to survive except for the ones that have a unique brand value and strong endowment that allows them to bridge the divide. Stanford and Harvard will continue to exist as will many of the top 50 USNWR schools, and even thrive, but they will have used this experience to really play with technology as a means of supporting students outside the classroom and even off location (e.g., internships, independent study abroad away from a partner university, another pandemic), while slashing costs for facilities and faculty. This will allow them to grow their classes (maybe 2-3x) because of lower requirements for students to all be on campus at the same time, but this would not be opening it up to the world. But with the fallout of schools like Northeastern University and Santa Clara University being forced to shut down, Harvard and Stanford will still be able to easily fill their classes, and the bachelor degree will again rise in value. 

NYU Marketing prof sorts 400 colleges into “thrive,” “survive,” “struggle,” and “perish” groupings. Article that names names: https://www.parents.com/kids/education/c...-pandemic/
The prof’s methodology: https://www.profgalloway.com/uss-university/
And his spreadsheet of school ratings: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...04zk5IKXBQ

Interesting. The "Thrive" list is about what you'd expect.  Ivies Columbia and Brown University on the "Survive" list along with Georgetown and SCU. All of the listed UC's (Merced not included) are listed as "Survive" except UC-Santa Cruz, listed as "Challenged."  I don't think it's going anywhere.