What’s Next for Higher EDUCATION in 2023
What’s Next for Higher Ed in 2023 Article is based on the Context of the US Education System and highlights 3 things the Author is watching in the next 12 Months. 1️⃣ The Debate Shifts on Value of the BA For more than 50 years, higher ed’s marketing message was crystal clear: a college degree pays off. While that’s still true for both individuals as well as for the country as a whole—please, don’t read this as “college isn’t worth it” screed—the message about the value of the bachelor’s degree is much more muddled these days. Background: In recent years, three big factors have driven the debate over the value of the BA. First, the degree premium—the wage gap between college and high-school graduates—has flattened. That’s in part because the premium grew so fast in the 1980s as college became more valuable and high school less valuable with the decline of manufacturing jobs. It was always going to be difficult, if not impossibl...
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