'The sky is falling, stuff is tanking!'- Autumn A. Arnett, Education Dive

Higher education set current campus policies when growth was the norm. What does the industry do now that the norm has shifted? U.S. House Education and the Workforce Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) told an audience gathered in Washington, D.C. for the Council for Higher Education Accreditation this week that there are no additional resources for higher education, and institutions are going to have to learn to be more efficient and better manage what they have. This is a recurring theme in states across the country. From California, where, despite an outside report showing no waste in the flagship system’s operations, University of California President Janet Napolitano is being told to find ways to cut the operation budget in half. And in Georgia, an aggressive merger plan is being advanced as a cost-savings measure. These trends have leaders everywhere grappling with the new reality. https://www.educationdive.com/news/the-sky-is-falling-stuff-is-tanking/516068/