As the pandemic drags on, professors and deans have money on their minds. They ranked institutional financial constraints as the top challenge facing their campuses in a survey conducted in fall 2020 and published this week by the Association of American Colleges & Universities. The results are based on responses from more than 700 higher ed professionals—two-thirds faculty, one-third administrators—most of whom work for four-year institutions. Concern about reduced resources was expressed at both private and public institutions. And it was more acute at smaller colleges than larger ones.
