Bill Gates On Higher Education - Lucie Lapovsky, Forbes

Bill Gates addressed the business officers of colleges and universities Monday at the annual meeting of the National Association of College and University Business Officers in Seattle. He was clear that our colleges must deliver value and we must measure what they are delivering. He noted that our business model in higher education is under challenge. He suggested that we are beyond being able to fine-tune the model and will need to see radical change. Our revenue sources are challenged and we cannot expect to see them increase in the coming years and thus we must develop much greater efficiencies in how we deliver our product. We need to ask the difficult questions about what programs schools offer and how much duplication we need. He sees fewer departments and schools in the future. He challenged the business officers to be front and center in measuring the effectiveness of what is offered at our colleges and universities. http://www.forbes.com/sites/lucielapovsky/2014/07/21/bill-gates-on-higher-education/