Survey: University Deans Predict Significant Change in the Next Decade

By Rhea Kelly  06/28/17

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/06/28/survey-university-deans-predict-significant-change-in-the-next-decade.aspx

new study, “The State of Innovation in Higher Education,” in which 2U and the Academy for Innovative Higher Education (a partnership between Arizona State University and Georgetown University) polled 109 deans across the country about their views on innovation in higher ed. Sixty-one percent of respondents come from public universities and 60 percent have at least five years of tenure in their jobs.

The survey findings reveal a mix of confidence and concern about an uncertain future for U.S. higher education:

• 83 percent of respondents believe that the higher education system today is the best or one of the best in the world;
• 61 percent think the higher education system will still be the best or one of the best in the world in 10 years;
• 91 percent expect the number of online programs at their institution to increase in the next decade;
• 78 percent said colleges and universities are doing a good, very good or excellent job of fostering academic innovation;
• A quarter of respondents think the higher education system is heading in the right direction; and
• A third of respondents said the pace of change at their own institutions is “too slow,” citing lack of money as the biggest hurdle to change.

“We also found that, amid rising tuition prices and student debt, most deans still believe that higher education is a good return on the investment,” added Selingo.

The full report is available here.

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more on administration about university future in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2015/10/20/university-presidents-about-the-university-future/