Higher Education is undergoing massive change
- Growing costs... US higher education price increased 600% between 1980 and 2010, double the rate of inflation in that period (per Ryan Craig's "College Disrupted"), with student debt rising to $1.5T (the size of South Korea's economy).
- ...yet lower outcomes: 40% of recent US grads are underemployed.
COVID has affected undergraduate programs more than graduate schoools
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US Grad Schools are performing well after COVID, and top undergraduate programs are also weathering the storm.
As Grad Degrees And Credentials Boom, Prestigious Schools Are Winning - EdSurge News
Online-first is the new normal for delivery
- 61% of hiring leaders see credentials earned online as equal to or better than those completed in person.
Universities will continue to be a strong ecosystem for learning - it'll still be a great source for employers to find great learners. But universities will adopt lower cost solutions to provide education at lower costs
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Employers seem to double down on educational credentials, which universities are uniquely positioned to offer: 64% of employers agreed that the need for continuous lifelong learning will demand higher levels of education and more credentials.
How the Value of Educational Credentials Is and Isn't Changing
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Massive opportunity to partner with employers to develop industry-ready curricula and better placement outcomes
Skill-centric higher education will require better coordination among colleges, non-college education providers and assessments tools.
Credly's CEO on how colleges can prepare students for skills-based hiring
The Future of Work Has Much Bigger Problems Than Disrupting Higher Education
Bootcamp <> University partnerships
- For-credit
- Non-credit (Cont Ed)
- IT (Quickstart + Northeastern Illinois University, Colorado State University Pueblo & Becker College)
- General tech skills (Fullstack Academy + Emory University, Duke + Coursera)
- Development (Yale + Flatiron)
External content providers will be increasingly connected to universities, who'll focus on being a curating step in the learning process more than a producer of the content (see the growth of the OPM sector)
Data offer picture of evolving landscape of what we've been calling
