Even Harvard Has to Care about the Student Value Proposition – Or Not
What’s really interesting about Harvard’s decision is that rather than explore how they might create a better value proposition for undergraduate education students, Harvard being Harvard, with the help of a $40M donation, shifted the cost to external donors and moved the program to the graduate level, where it will be part of a fifth-year program largely funded by an external source rather than by student-customers.
One Reason Higher Education Enrollment Is in Decline: Cheaper, Shorter, High Value Alternatives
Demographics, cost, relevancy, inconvenience, poor ROI, and of course, the pandemic, are all contributing to a 12-year decline in higher education enrollment, but another significant cause is the growth of non-credit post-secondary education. There are many examples, but one of the fastest growing can be found at Google.