The share of international students in the United States has been declining for several years, a trend that predates and has been accelerated by recent political developments but ultimately reflects the growing unsustainability of the American higher education business model. Tuition costs in the United States have risen dramatically, while gains in employability, wage premiums, and perceived educational quality have not kept pace. As a result, the return on investment of American higher education is increasingly questioned by students, families, and international applicants alike. At the...
BERKELEY, CA — The Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) has released a new ROPS paper titled "Divergent Business Models in International Higher Education: A Transatlantic Comparison"The paper, authored by David B. Audretsch, Alice Civera, Michele Meoli, and Stefano Paleari, suggests that the United States’ long-standing preeminence in the sector is facing structural challenges related to economic sustainability and shifting global demand
This essay examines the ways in which nonprofit universities increasingly emulate businesses, focusing on two of the most direct forms of emulation: the creation of internal university markets at the University of Southern California through adoption of variants of resource center management (RCM) and the privatization of public higher education at the University of Virginia.
