CHAPTER 13

Conclusion

J. Mark Munoz and Neal King

Introduction

The global higher education landscape is filled with opportunities and challenges. On the one hand, thirst for skills and knowledge and technology, will continue to fill the seats (virtual and literal) in many institutions and will spur the delivery of education in innovative ways. On the other hand, there is intense competition, uneven market growth, and rapidly evolving paradigms that threaten the survival of bureaucratic and traditionally grounded institutions.

The cost of tertiary education is not affordable to everyone. In the United States, college tuition has risen about 1,200% in the past 35 years, with an average 4-year degree costing over $80,000 in tuition, room, board, ...

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