COVID-19 Puts 2019 Higher Ed Challenges in Stark Relief

Graduation rates? Workforce readiness? Competitive pressures? None of these shows up in a recent ranking of the top three major issues faced by university and college executives. Still, in a survey done pre-pandemic among members of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, researchers found that many of the big challenges cited by higher education leaders then are the same ones they’re grappling with today, in an era of COVID-19.