Share
View this email on your browser.
AKA Review
June 28, 2024
At AKA, we closely follow trends and latest developments
in higher education and the nonprofit sector.

Here are some recent articles and reports that we found particularly informative.
Articles
 
 
 
From The New York Times
An Object Lesson From Covid on How to Destroy Public Trust
By Zeynep Tufekci
Much of the initial public health guidance during the pandemic was not supported by solid science. Moreover, some officials kept inconvenient information from the public, with terrible real-time effects on the lives of Americans. These misrepresentations have given rise to public mistrust of scientists and health authorities and bred conspiracy theories not just about the pandemic but across the board. Are there lessons here for university leaders about the transparency and accountability required to earn and keep the public’s trust? Read this article
In the face of the projected undergraduate enrollment cliff, the two articles below provide complementary perspectives on two alternative and overlapping sources of enrollment growth. Master’s level programs and international students from an increasingly diverse set of nations offer significant potential for sustaining enrollments and tuition revenues but come with their own set of risks.
From The Chronicle of Higher Education
By Rick Seltzer
International master’s-student enrollment is booming. Adding seats is inexpensive, and programs are lucrative. But while they hold potential, the shorter program lengths of these programs as well as looming changes to immigration policy make international master’s enrollment volatile and less of the silver bullet it might seem. Read this article.
From The Hechinger Report
By Jon Marcus
Unlike steadily declining undergrad enrollment, graduate enrollments have risen over the past decade. International graduate students now account for almost all of this increase, and universities are courting them aggressively. But as the previous article suggests, this opportunity comes with risks. Read this article
From The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Dark Art of Enrollment Management
By Stephen Burd
The public thinks of admission and financial aid in simple terms: Colleges pick the best applicants and provide aid to students without enough money to attend. This view is now a fantasy, the author argues. Funds that once went to needy students are now spent on climbing the rankings, supported by an industry of enrollment consultants “leveraging” aid to maximize net tuition revenue. Colleges have done this on the backs of low income, heavily minority students, perpetuating inequality rather than ensuring access and affordability. Read this article
 
 
From The Economist
China has become a scientific superpower
As recently as 2019 academics questioned whether China could ever become a scientific superpower. The answer today is a resounding “yes.” Domination of the science world order by America, Europe, and Japan is ending. This lucid analysis examines China’s current position, reasons for its rapid growth, and its future trajectory. And despite the competitive threat China represents, the overwhelming opinion of scientists in China and the West is that the advancement of science depends on continued and increasing collaboration.
Read this article
.
Follow Us
Twitter
  
Linkedin
  
Website
  
Email
You are receiving this email because you have some relationship with a member of AKA|Strategy or you opted in at akastrategy.com.
If you'd like to unsubscribe, you can do so below.

AKA Strategy
590 Madison Avenue - 21st Floor
New York , NY 10022
United States

Email Marketing by ActiveCampaign