university as a platform

External content providers will be increasingly connected to universities, who'll focus on being a curating step in the learning process more than a producer of the content

Our thesis is that online, self-directed learning hasn't fully substituted colleges (even though all the content is out there!) because college actually provides great learning environments.

The bubble of low-performing schools in the US is starting to deflate: starting with for-profit schools, which show alarmingly low effect on income among students, like Corinthians Colleges in recent years.

Universities will continue to be a strong ecosystem for learning - it'll still be a great source for employers to find great learners - but universities will adopt lower cost solutions to provide education at lower costs

Skill-centric higher education will require better coordination among colleges, non-college education providers and assessments tools.

The rising cost of college and the student debt crisis have become one of the main causes for concern for the US economy. A growing economy and full employment mask the dangers of this crisis in the making: the overall price of higher education increased 600% between 1980 and 2010, double the rate of inflation in that period (per Ryan Craig's "Coll... See more

Among these changes, employers seem to double down on educational credentials, which universities are uniquely positioned to offer: 64% of employers agreed that the need for continuous lifelong learning will demand higher levels of education and more credentials.

Underemployment among college graduates is a rising issue in countries like the US, where a university has been perceived as a vehicle for economic mobility.