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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-3-2017
Abstract
One of the major responsibilities of college and university leaders is to look into the future and act accordingly. They are supposed to see things coming, whether good or bad. That is why they are assumed to be good thermometers about the prospects for higher education.
Now a new survey gives us a glimpse about how they see the present and the future. Published just a few weeks ago, the study, titled “2017Survey of College and University Presidents,” shows the level of concern by U.S. higher education presidents about the future of their institutions. According to the survey, only six in 10 presidents strongly agree or agree that they are confident that their institution will be financially sustainable over the next five years. Yet, when asked about the next 10 years that confidence goes down to 52 percent.
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This work was originally published in The Edwardsville Intelligencer.