60%. That’s the share of expenses that public colleges and universities devote to staff salaries and benefits. The ratio is similar at private schools, and neither figure has shifted much over time. Higher education, despite decades of IT spend, remains a...
Last fall, we cautioned against making knee-jerk programmatic decisions given the precarious economic environment we were in. At that time, we noted that the top six bachelor’s occupational categories with faster growth and higher salary projections remained unchanged...
With September in full swing, K-12 teachers have returned to the classroom. And after enduring a year of hastily designed remote learning or careful mitigation of in-person instruction, they were no doubt eager for a sense of normalcy. The only certainty ahead,...
The business master’s market has long enjoyed its place at the top of the academic field food chain. In 2020, institutions of higher education reported nearly 200,000 master’s degree conferrals from business-aligned programs. The next largest market? Education, with...
There is no denying that the health-aligned program market has experienced massive growth in recent years. Health-aligned bachelor’s and master’s degree conferrals both grew by more than 50% between 2012 and 2019. But as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, what...
A digital scale, a portable blood pressure monitor, and an internet connection. And just like that, my wife was attending her prenatal appointments in the age of COVID-19. Like millions of Americans, this was our first foray into telehealth. Abiding by social...
