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Watch for these 5 high-impact trends shaping higher education business in 2025

University Business

In 2013, Harvard Business School professors Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn made a striking prediction in the New York Times , forecasting that a host of struggling colleges and universities the bottom 25 percent of every tier, we predict will disappear or merge in the next 10 to 15 years. Monetizing assets through innovation hubs.

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Searching for the Optimal Class Design to Maximize Learning

Faculty Focus

Reflecting on my years in academia, I find myself increasingly drawn to the challenge of designing the optimal classone that not only engages students but also maximizes student learning. Michael Kiener is a professor at Maryville University of St. Louis in their Clinical Mental Health Counseling program.

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Effect of Institutional Autonomy on Academic Freedom in Higher Education Institutions in Ghana

SRHE

For instance, institutional autonomy and academic freedom are widely acknowledged as essential for the optimization of university operations in most African nations. Universities offer the necessary space for the exercise of academic freedom, and thus, institutional autonomy is necessary for its preservation.

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Walking down the road to Kingdom Come: some steps away from a Higher Education Funding Crisis?

HEPI

The sector did not claim the system was broken in 2012, so it is hard to argue that it is broken now. No University will invest in staffing, equipment, facilities, new programmes without a degree of certainty. Choice matters, and universities should be subject to market forces. It is, however, increasingly inadequately funded.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

Faculty Focus

This journey begins not only on the Martian surface but right here on Earth, in our universities. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012). Research suggests that high school and university students who employ interdisciplinary approaches tend to achieve as well or better academically (Campbell & Henning, 2010). 2017; Liu et al.,

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

Faculty Focus

This journey begins not only on the Martian surface but right here on Earth, in our universities. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012). Research suggests that high school and university students who employ interdisciplinary approaches tend to achieve as well or better academically (Campbell & Henning, 2010). 2017; Liu et al.,

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Is a 4-Year College Degree Still Necessary?

MindMax

I remember in 2012, when Rick Santorum called President Obama a “snob” for wanting “everybody to go to college.” After spending years in the Greater Boston area, a hub of academia teeming with colleges and universities, I relocated to upstate New York. It wasn’t long ago that I felt differently.

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