2. The Higher Ed Industry | 5,300 colleges & universities in the U.S. | $490 billion in annual revenues | Employ 3.5 million people | Hold $990 billion in assets

3. Rising Tuition, Flat Income 1

4. 4 2 Fewer Full Paying Students

5. Sea of Red Ink 3 $307,000,000,000 Amount of debt taken on by colleges, which has almost doubled just since 2001.

6. The Major Chase 4 | 2 out of every 5 majors today didn’t exist in 1990 | 20% increase in majors since 2000

7. Value for the money spent? 57% of the public says fair/good 76% of college presidents say excellent/good Source: Rasmussen Reports The Value Gap 5

9. 400K 4 in 5 Students drop out of college annually 33% Transfer Drop out Drifting

10. An Unbound Future

11. The only really necessary people in the publishing process now are the writer and the reader. Everyone who stands between those two has both risk and opportunity. -Russell Grandinetti Vice President, Amazon

12. Jose Jaimes The Swirl U of Florida Valencia College U of Central Florida Bachelor’s Degree 23% of community college students today come from households earning $100K+

13. Jennifer Black Mixing Mediums Face- to-Face OnlineHybrid Degree in 4 years Jennifer took ¼ of her courses online or in hybrid format

14. Sheryl Schuh Competency Based U of Wisconsin, Northern Arizona U, and U of Southern New Hampshire launched competency-based programs in 2013 Shortest class: 2 weeks Longest class: 14 weeks Tuition $18,000 TOTAL BA in 2 years

15. 33 partners 2M students 20 partners 500K students Sam Romano Bypassing the Degree

16. 33 partners 2M students 20 partners 500K students Sam Romano Bypassing the Degree

17. Insti One reservation Many airlines One ticket FOne admission Many colleges One transcript/portfolio Structured Pathways

18. College High School Transitio n to Work

19. How should I value the traditional campus experience?

20. Making the Match

21. 9 in 10 students want an interesting major no matter “how practical it is” 1 in 4 freshmen change their major Rise in double majors Sources: UCLA Higher Education Research Institute; “Double Majors: Influences, Identities & Impacts.”

22. Dive deep into a research project 2 Seek passionate faculty 1 Be creative. Take Risks. Learn how to fail. 4 Go on a global experience 3

23. President’s College Scorecard “Parents and students can use to compare schools based on a simple criteria: where you can get the most bang for your educational buck.” -President Obama, 2013 State of the Union address

24. What is your ROI? | What is grad rate for students like you? | How many first-year students return for their second semester? | What is the job placement rate? | Where are last year’s grads working? 5 years ago? 10 years ago?

25. President’s College Scorecard

26. College Reality Check

27. State Employment Records Arkansas Colorado Tennessee Texas Virginia

28. How mobile are the credits? | What is the % of students who transfer? | What % of credits does college accept? Why does it deny? | Would the college accept MOOC credits? | Does college have partnerships with other schools to accept credits?

29. How tech-savvy is the college? | Can students take a variety of formats, online and hybrid? | Do professors ‘flip the classroom’? | Is adaptive learning technology used? | Does college use open courseware?

30. What are the college’s priorities? | What % of students get A’s? B’s? | What is the % of full-time faculty? What % of first-year classes do they teach? | % of classes with more than 40 pages of reading/week and 20 pages/semester? | Does college use CLA?

31. Does college prepare for 5 th job? | Do students participate in undergrad research projects? | How many students participate in internships or field work? | What % of students study abroad? | % of students with double majors?

32. What is college’s financial health? | What is the discount rate? | Has the college made its enrollment target in recent years? | What is the college’s bond rating? | How much debt has the college taken on?

33. Can you compare aid offers? | What is % of graduates with debt? What is the average debt? | What is the average parent debt? | When do applicants find out about aid? Ask for a sample aid letter | What is % of grads who owe >$30K?