Coming out of the pandemic, higher education suffered its most devastating, crushing loss in memory, estimated collectively at $183 billion. But even during this painful financial crisis, senior academic officers at the nation’s colleges largely held their tuition down, with many making meager increases of close to 1 percent. It took enormous strategic strength and the wisdom of restraint to achieve this unexpected result. With some online degrees taking the lead, it’s now even possible to imagine higher ed prices falling in the years ahead, rather than continuing their climb.
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