Colleges And Retailers Share A Bloated Past And A Slimmed Down Future - Michael Horn, Forbes

Many campus leaders unfortunately don’t appear to have received the message that building more facilities is increasingly unsustainable as the fundamental business model underlying significant swaths of higher education breaks and we approach a demographic cliff in 2026 in the country that will send enrollments spiraling downward at many institutions. According to Sightlines’ 2018 report, campuses instead continue to expand with capital investment at an 11-year high despite the overall decline in student enrollment.

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