The Future of Higher Education

Abstract

Experts have diverse predictions for the future of higher education / The online challenge to higher education / Equal access to online education will be a challenge / The future of small private colleges is threatened / For-profit motives threaten the future of higher education / Economic and racial segregation must be addressed in higher education / Community colleges will be an important part of higher education / Community colleges should be allowed to offer four-year degrees / The dropout rate of community colleges is problematic / Tuition-free higher education must be offered / A proposal : five federal universities / Accreditation should be reformed in higher education