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College enrollment has been trending downwards since 2020, with undergraduate enrollment 15 percent lower in the fall of 2021 than in the fall of 2010, and 42 percent of this decline occurring during the pandemic.

As we quickly approach the fall semester, colleges and universities continue to grapple with an onslaught of cyberthreats. The recent MOVEit attack highlighted higher education as a target.

Increasingly, colleges and employers are looking for strategies that will allow them to adopt skills-based learning and assessment, either as part of microcredentialing or a corporate training and development program.

Preparing for the looming cliff is a central topic in higher education meetings, conferences, and webinars. Too often, these meetings revolve around the conventional go-to topics: diversifying revenue streams, exploring non-traditional and graduate programs, improving recruitment strategies, and boosting retention rates.

Student and institutional success begin with faculty. Faculty are the heart and soul of higher education, and their success ensures their knowledge and experiences will be passed on to their students.

In recent years, universities have faced a perfect storm of factors that have contributed to an educational financial crisis. The cost of delivering high-quality higher education has skyrocketed, while public funding has declined.

Colleges and universities are facing mounting pressure to demonstrate the value of a degree and protect students from crushing debt or insufficient earnings. Retaining and graduating more students with in-demand STEM skills will make it easier to justify the cost of education.

With another academic year in the books, higher education institutions are already gearing up for the fall semester, looking to address challenges of the last year—and improve the flexible learning (HyFlex) experience that’s come to be expected by students and faculty everywhere.

Globally, two-thirds of corporate leaders report that their company is looking for ways to use generative AI. Yet the vast majority of businesses aren’t tapping AI to its full potential. In fact, 65 percent of senior IT leaders say they aren’t prepared to implement generative AI right

If it seems as though college students aren’t as motivated to learn as they used to be, you’re not imagining things. According to a recent report from Wiley, students report they’re “struggling to remain interested” in their classes as the disconnect widens between what