From This Moment Forward: Unpacking Today’s Higher Education Trends While Looking to the Future

Jon Barnhart - EAB

Higher education is facing unprecedented upheaval—eroding public trust, intensifying political scrutiny, deepening financial strain, and rapid technological and economic change. This session will help attendees cut through the noise and act with clarity and decisiveness. Grounded in extensive research and sector-wide data and market analyses, it outlines four critical fronts where institutional survival and competitiveness now hinge: external accountability, financial sustainability, market relevance, and institutional agility.

Learning Objectives

  1. Navigate partisan policymaking
  2. Build a sustainable model for a post-growth future
  3. Prepare students for an AI-transformed economy
  4. Sustain momentum amid change fatigue and ongoing ambiguity

CPE Available

  • 1.5 Credits: Specialized Knowledge