U.S. Slips in Global Ranking
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2022/10/12/us-slips-global-ranking-opinion
World University Rankings 2023
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2023/world-ranking
Has Higher Education in the United States Lost Its
Way?
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/has-higher-education-in-the-united-states-lost-its-way/
Wendy Fischman and Howard Gardner note:
“We also see other challenges for students, mainly the preoccupation with achieving “external measures of success” (grades, acceptances, jobs) over learning. In other words, students feel it is more important to get an A or to build their resume to get a particular job than it is to be exposed to new, different, or challenging content material — or even to do their own work (cheating is rampant on the college campus and by all accounts has intensified post-COVID because of online tests and exams).
In terms of the institution, challenges include: misalignment between faculty and administrators and the “customer,” prioritizing the mission of higher education (and not the fancy buildings or athletic departments on campus), and justifying the value of higher education to students and their parents who worry about their “return on investment” (the number of college students is declining, as is the number of male students)”.
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2022/10/12/us-slips-global-ranking-opinion
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2023/world-ranking
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/has-higher-education-in-the-united-states-lost-its-way/
Wendy Fischman and Howard Gardner note:
“We also see other challenges for students, mainly the preoccupation with achieving “external measures of success” (grades, acceptances, jobs) over learning. In other words, students feel it is more important to get an A or to build their resume to get a particular job than it is to be exposed to new, different, or challenging content material — or even to do their own work (cheating is rampant on the college campus and by all accounts has intensified post-COVID because of online tests and exams).
In terms of the institution, challenges include: misalignment between faculty and administrators and the “customer,” prioritizing the mission of higher education (and not the fancy buildings or athletic departments on campus), and justifying the value of higher education to students and their parents who worry about their “return on investment” (the number of college students is declining, as is the number of male students)”.
My take (from Jan 2022): Is the US higher education bubble about to burst?
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/590971-will-the-us-higher-education-bubble-finally-burst/
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/590971-will-the-us-higher-education-bubble-finally-burst/