“Business schools are desperately looking for alternative revenue streams to finance their marquee MBA programs,” said journalist Robb Mandelbaum, reporting for Bloomberg Businessweek. And one stream they’re turning to— executive education.
Groups geared towards educating young people about finance and investing are reporting increased participation. Financial institutions are taking note, too.
Amid demographic shifts and a decline in the number of college-age students, Messina College in Brookline is appealing to one population group that is still growing: Latino students.
“Every six months you need to update your course materials,” said MIT Deputy Dean of academics Asuman Ozdaglar. “You need to introduce new courses because there are new paradigms that emerge within a few months’ time frame.”
People without a high school diploma earn roughly $10,000 less per year than those with one, a gap that adult education programs, which are largely free, are designed to close.
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The cuts, while not exclusive to liberal arts programs, have had a focus in the humanities that don’t necessarily have a guarantee of financial success following graduation. That could make the humanities a luxury product.
On National College Decision Day, one high school senior and his mom talk college finances and how the new student loan caps factored into his decision.
