The State of Innovation in Higher Education
The State of Innovation in Higher Education
Rarely in the histories of their institutions have the leaders of colleges and universities in the United States been under such pressure to come up with imaginative solutions to a range of emerging challenges that stretch from declining enrollments and stressed budgets to incorporating new technology, especially online learning, into traditional educational structures. The results of our inaugural survey of deans finds that while they are content about the pace of change on their campuses and the value that higher education provides to students for the money spent, they remain worried about the direction American higher education is headed in the future.