Notes and Trends

Abstract

The authors explore five ways that the pandemic impacted higher education and will continue to change that landscape long after the pandemic ends. Among these five ways are a decrease in institutional control and an increase in the power of consumers, and with near universal access to digital devices and the internet, students will seek from higher education the same things they are getting from the music, movie, and newspaper industries. The authors also observe that “new postsecondary entities will enter the marketplace, driving up competition and driving down prices.” The complete listing of trends and the full discussion are available at the article website. Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 20+