The demographic cliff is already here—and it’s about to get worse
With dire predictions for fall freshmen enrollments making headlines, colleges and universities are bracing for the financial shock to come. While many are hopeful that even a partial reopening of campuses in the fall will avert worst-case revenue scenarios, they still face a fiercely competitive domestic enrollment market.
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Is Your Campus Ready to Operate Through the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond?
This diagnostic is designed to curate our most relevant research for you, based on your responses, to aid you in planning for post-coronavirus university operations.
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Explore 3 questions guiding fall semester 2020 scenario planning, and emerging trends in how colleges and universities are responding to the uncertainty.
Five greatest mistakes in higher education COVID-19 strategy
The decisions that colleges and universities make across the next few months will determine the extent of the financial shock and whether the institution is positioned not only to recover, but also to emerge stronger on the other side. Based on our conversations with over a thousand college and university leaders, we have identified the five greatest mistakes in current COVID-19 response that are jeopardizing crisis recovery and post-crisis strategy.
Has the student path to college changed?
Discover new approaches to address the changed recruiting environment and heightened concerns shared by students and enrollment leaders in this infographic.
Checklist for returning to campus: Steps to take to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission
As institutions prepare for potential reopenings, senior leaders must consider what protective measures to introduce to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Discover four critical areas leaders must focus on and see early case studies from within and outside the higher education industry.
Tracking—and predicting—higher ed furloughs
As institutions grapple with COVID-related expenses—and anticipate future budget shortfalls—some have begun furloughing staff to temporarily reduce salary costs. While furloughs are an attractive alternative to layoffs, most institutions haven’t considered furloughing staff since the Great Recession—and today’s circumstances are quite different than they were a decade ago. As a result, leaders are adapting their historic furlough approach to the COVID-19 context.
Improve Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Learn best practices to solve the persistent problem of demographic disparities by evaluating policies to improve student equity and inclusion.
