A couple of weeks ago, the Association has written in its blog of the first-type of possible merger among the state owned higher ed institutions which rarely has been happened in the past. Well, WI set the example how declining resources have directed state’s policy on higher ed. This morning we learned the first case of a-larger merger within state owned higher ed organizations. This merger policy has never been imagined will ever be adopted by a state.
It takes a great wisdom to be able to see what is coming, and some of the elements of this wisdom are coming from data analytics, and may not come from data visualization. After WI, which states will be next? Practically any other states are likely to start adopting this policy, in particular where:
- State-wide student enrollment is declining.
- Sate budget deficit (i.e., IL).
- Dropping international student enrollment.
- Too many higher ed institutions offer the same type of services (CA, FL, NY, TX just to name a few of them with the exception in MA)
- State-wide average tuition is higher than what schools in other states are charging.