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Higher education’s financial model is under real strain.
Revenue is getting less predictable. Costs are harder to reduce. And many of the strategies that worked even a few years ago—discounting, incremental growth, short-term cuts—are no longer enough to close the gap.
Recent enrollment gains have helped in the short term, but they’re masking deeper issues that will become harder to ignore as the number of college-bound students declines. For leadership teams, this is less about managing through another budget cycle, and more about deciding what the institution can and cannot sustain going forward.
Join EAB’s Brittany Motley for a candid look at where financial models are most exposed today and where leaders still have room to act. In this session, we will cover:
- Where financial pressure is actually concentrated, including labor costs, tuition discounting, and the cross-subsidies many institutions rely on
- What’s changing on the revenue side, from shifts in student demand to declining willingness to pay
- The tradeoffs leaders are starting to make now across academic programs, staffing, research investment, athletics, and campus footprint
- What more sustainable models are starting to look like, including practical steps institutions are taking to rebalance revenue and cost
- A simple way to assess your own position and identify where you still have flexibility
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