Costs, Cuts and Consolidations: What Campus Business Leaders Really Think
Get chief business officers' thoughts on topics such as college affordability, cost-cutting measures & mergers.
Join us as Inside Higher Ed's Colleen Flaherty and Josh Moody present an exclusive look into the 2024 Survey of College and University Chief Business Officers. The webcast will showcase high-level findings on how these leaders think and feel about key topics such as college affordability, cost-cutting strategies, financial outlooks, mergers and consolidations, and generative AI.
We'll be covering the following in-depth:
- CBOs' views on the affordability and value of undergraduate degrees
- Steps CBOs are taking or considering taking to make degrees more affordable
- Insights into employee turnover and its main drivers
- Predictions on whether their institutions will be financially better or worse off in a year and the reasons why
- The share of CBOs noting serious internal merger discussions at their institutions
- Thoughts on AI’s increasing role in higher education
To get the most out of the webcast, download and explore the full survey results.
For an in-depth analysis of the results, read the survey's accompanying article.
Additional resources:
- "Rethinking Campus Spaces Amid Enrollment Declines" (Inside Higher Ed)
- “Lackawanna, Peirce Announce Plans to Merge” (Inside Higher Ed)
- Six Key Financial and Operational Metrics Pinpoint Higher Ed Risk (EY-Parthenon)
