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The challenges facing higher education in the United States, including fiscal pressure at the state and federal levels The quality and reach of higher education in America has been a major force behind the nation’s social, cultural, and economic preeminence. Yet dramatic changes in the environment are forcing institutions to rethink traditional ways of doing things to sustain these contributions in the years ahead.
America’s economic health depends on additional college-trained workers. Some universities are showing how to graduate more students at lower cost. The United States needs more college graduates. Opinions vary on exactly how many, but McKinsey estimates that the nation will need an additional one million each year by 2020 to sustain its economic health. That would mean increasing today’s annual total—2.5 million—by 40 percent.
Some of the funds needed to improve teacher quality may already be in a school system’s budget—they just have to be found and reallocated. Many US school systems have been enduring increased budget pressure, which raises barriers to trying new initiatives that could improve teacher quality and educational performance.
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