While the cost of providing higher education continues to increase, traditional sources of revenue—such as state funding, tuition, and endowments—are decreasing, forcing leaders in higher ed to find new ways to remain viable. By employing new strategies, business models and technologies, and finding smarter ways to use available data, these leaders are fostering a climate of creativity and innovation, reshaping the way colleges and universities can sustain themselves.
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Looking beyond the pandemic, higher education institutions are evaluating what may need to change in their operating models.
In an era of declining public funding, private philanthropy has played an increasingly vital role for both public and private institutions.
The financial sustainability of private residential higher education is under siege, as revenue growth slows and costs continue to rise.
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Performance funding applies financial incentives to higher education, tying a portion of public institutions’ state appropriations to retention rate, degree completion and other student outcomes.