Affordability

Once revered as the cornerstone of societal advancement and personal fulfillment, higher education now stands at a crossroads, grappling with a business model that is increasingly perceived as broken. This paradigm shift is propelled by economic, social, and technological factors …

The 2024 U.S. elections are arriving quickly, and both major political parties have offered perspectives about higher education issues as part of their platforms. Below, you can find a side-by-side comparison of the parties’ platforms on important higher education issues—quoted …

Dissecting the FASFA Debacle   “An enrollment nightmare.” “A disaster.” “Botched.” “A mess all around.” These are just a few ways that media outlets, policy experts, and the public have characterized one of the biggest news stories in recent months: the introduction of …

Many of us worked to help pay our way through college, and if we were lucky, we were hired to do that work on our campus. Some jobs were simple, such as covering a reception desk while doing homework. Other …

If you have watched the arc of public support for higher education over the last few decades, you know the story. In the years following World War II, higher education was viewed as a public good. The assumptions were that …

Takeaways Public opinion regarding higher education has grown more negative in the years since 2015. That downturn has been matched by a drop in undergraduate enrollment. Students and prospective students identify financial pressures as the greatest obstacle to attending and completing college. On …

Takeaways Although STEM fields dominate much of the policy discussion, they have a small proportion of the jobs for college grads. Most STEM degrees are not in demand, and the pathways from these degrees to stable careers are at best uncertain. What …

For generations of Americans, a college degree has been a singularly effective pathway to the middle class. Yet today, even as recent studies confirm the value of a degree, higher education institutions face growing skepticism from all quarters. Timeworn tropes …

The Debate Over DEI Programs A three-letter acronym has become a kind of lightning rod in higher education policy debates across the nation: DEI. Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts have become so controversial that more than a dozen states—including Florida, North …

December 18, 2023 - The November meeting of the AGB Council of Finance Committee Chairs opened with a welcome from Andrew Lounder, associate vice president for programs, who outlined AGB’s plans for the National Conference on Trusteeship meeting in Boston on March 26, 2024.