Success Strategies for Struggling Small to Medium Sized Colleges and Universities

The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded previously existing and systemic problems in higher education, which will require transformational changes.

While large universities’ economies of scale offer protections against declining enrollments and other issues – at least for now – smaller institutions that are already struggling to survive must act now.

As the higher education industry enters what Beyer calls the “consolidation era,” there will be more mergers of necessity and strategic mergers among colleges, as well as the emergence of new affiliations with shared services organizations.