Collaboration at Small Colleges Increases Enrollment

(from the New York Times) Some small liberal arts colleges that face declining enrollments are teaming up to offer programs that students want, and as a result are seeing greater student interest and yield. Using technologies that made major progress during the pandemic — most notably, the delivery of education online — course sharing generally teams up universities and colleges that have extra space in online classes with partner institutions that want to add new programs but can’t afford the time or money to develop them alone. Colleges can cheaply and quickly add the programs students want, while paying other teaching institutions — the ones that provide the already-developed courses — a discounted price per course. A growing number of intermediaries that provide the technology needed to connect the partners often also get a fee. Students like the small size of the campus and the increased number of choices. 

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