"Issues"-- group #7

"Issues" exist around change, the impact (sometimes unexpected) of change, and often involve an emotional impact too.
Some key issues facing higher education include:

1. Disconnect between K-12 education and post-secondary.
   
2. Faculty/Student/Institutional fit.
3. Educate the community you are in (representative enrollment and success).
4. Saturation of BA/BS degrees--- does it mean anything? Can I get a job without a graduate degree? Is it really worth it?
5. Debt.
   
6. Stagnation in job market--- new ideas are not flowing freely because people aren't moving within positions and between institutions and regions.
7. For-profit vs. non-profit/publics-- are we one community?
   

Considerations for the next 10 years...

1. Globalization of higher education in new ways.
2. Perhaps more graduate students, where do they fit? What's our responsibility to serve and support them if we have many more?
   
3. Partnerships between community colleges and 4-year institutions.