Higher Education in a Pandemic

Programmes will grow in importance, both as revenue generators and incubators of best concepts for long term programm change. Even the most traditional universities look to capture market of more than 35 million adults who started but did not complete college. lifelong learning will move from a sidelined curiosity for ambitious 30 somethings to an absolute necessity for professional advancement across the entire career span. Residential campuses will adapt to having more older students in residence for shorter periods of time for professional and executive programmes. Elits may continue to ignore these trends, but for the vast majority of institutions of higher ed, the most creative will thrive, while the hide bound will die.