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Higher Ed Disruption: Technology, Value Proposition, and Evolving Business Model  


Author:  Jessalynn Moro.; Erica Muhl.; Barry Currier.; Stefano Falconi.


Source: Volume 39, Number 02, Summer 2018 , pp.85-109(25)




Municipal Finance Journal

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Abstract: 

This panel debates the impact of technology not only on what is taught and how, but on the way technology has fundamentally changed the students. Students learn differently, have higher expectations, and need new tools to influence our culture and succeed after graduation. The panel discusses affordability, the impact of globalization and federal policy, the balance of power at institutions, and innovative leadership in the context of governance constraints. It provides concrete examples to illustrate how best to identify longer term credit risks, including the questions that are not, but should be, asked, and the interdependency of performance and financial metrics in analyzing an institution’s future capacity for growth and evolution. Jessalynn Moro is managing director and head of U.S. Public Finance, Fitch Ratings. Erica Muhl is dean at the University of Southern California Iovine and Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation. Stefano Falconi is managing director and head of higher education practice at the Berkeley Research Group. Barry Currier is managing director for accreditation and legal education at the American Bar Association. This article is based on the authors’ discussions during the panel on “Higher Ed Disruption: Technology, Value Proposition, and Evolving Business Model” at the 35th Annual Conference of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts held in Coronado, California, May 29–June 1, 2018.

Keywords: Higher education, education enrollment trends, international enrollment, distance learning, affordability and federal policy, discounting trends and risks

Affiliations:  1: Fitch Ratings; 2: University of Southern California Irvine; 3: American Bar Association; 4: Berkeley Research Group.

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