Strategic Imperatives: New Priorities for Higher Education

It has been clear for some time that colleges and universities face unprecedented economic challenges which make it difficult, if not impossible, to sustain the business practices they have followed for many decades.

Strategic Imperatives poses thought-provoking questions to help institutional boards and leaders develop the new strategies, tools, and modes of operation necessary to respond proactively and robustly to today's market realities.

Eight Important Questions:

• How Can Colleges and Universities Afford to Do What They Want to Do and Should Do?
• Are Institutions Competing on the Right Points?
• Where Will Colleges and Universities Find Tomorrow's Talent?
• How Can Institutions Ensure the Quality of Learning and Research?
• How Much More Can Institutions Do to Help Students Pay for Their Education?
• How Much at Risk Are Colleges and Universities?
• Are Colleges and Universities Making the Grade?
• Where Should Institutions Focus Their Attention Now?

This paper was made possible through the generosity of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.