Category: Higher Education
Posted in: Higher Education
Posted in: Higher Education
July 12, 2019 Econsult Solutions, Inc. has positioned itself as a preferred provider of economic and social impact studies and related advisory services for institutions of higher education of all sizes and types. Learn more about our capabilities. Recently, while visiting with friends, we spoke of their son’s alma mater, one of the many small liberal…
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Blog published by ESI/EConsult Solutions, Inc. (April 11, 2019) — written by Elmore Alexander (https://econsultsolutions.com/higher-education-in-five-years/) I had completed organizing my thoughts for this blog post weeks before the the college admissions scandal. This has caused me to rethink what I believe the most important drivers of change for higher education in the next five years…
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Artificial intelligence: Enhancing learning or threatening the academy?
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Posted on January 9, 2018 Concerns regarding artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation have recently received a considerable amount of attention. Do these advancements pose a threat that will destroy the jobs created in the post-industrial revolution at best or at worst leave us all as physically passive creatures reclining on lounge chairs in the world…
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Posted on June 13, 2017 The excitement of college acceptances is now past for the Class of 2021 and their parents. Conversations have now moved from “Where will I go to college?” to “How are we going to pay for college?”. College affordability dominates both discussions on campus and in the general public. With the…
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The latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center on student enrollments in higher education was featured prominently in the business and education headlines this week. Higher education enrollment declined 1.4% this fall to 19 million students considerably off the high water mark of 20.6 million reached in 2011. There are many interesting elements…
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A decade ago, we were visiting colleges with our son searching for what he felt would be the perfect “fit.” Our visits took us on the tour of the New England liberal arts colleges. It began at Wesleyan and ended at Williams. One college caught the attention of each of us—Bates College. It was neither…
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Nothing can bring forward more coordinated moans from faculty members and administrators alike than the mention of a new strategic planning process. It portends endless meetings, maybe more endless arguments, and imminent frustration that the final product does not reflect “my university.” I will acknowledge that we have reached a point where state funding (or…
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