Peak higher education, 4 years later
by VanessaVaile
Four years ago yes, way back in 2013 – I first wrote about the peak higher education concept. Let’s see how it holds up.
To refresh your memory: this idea began as a blog post where I laid out the possibility that enrollment in American higher ed might trend downwards in the wake of the already damaging 2008 financial crisis, with enormous implications for the supermajority of campuses. This represented a major change after decades of growth. I focused on student populations (starting to decline), admissions and recruitment challenges, financial pressures on both families and institutions, adjunctification, and the general sense of academia in crisis.
Comments followed swiftly, with more than a dozen people weighing in on. Some wondered about the interaction between a growing jobs market and higher ed enrollment, and questioned the accuracy of data. Several saw the digital world as offering a new world of learning…
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