When the Structure No Longer Fits the Student
Higher education is in a moment where the gap between how institutions are organized and how students actually live has become difficult to ignore. For decades, the dominant model has been built around a relatively narrow set of assumptions. Students enroll full time, progress continuously, spend significant time on campus, and organize the rest of their lives around their academic schedule. That model still exists, and for some students it continues to work well. But it no longer reflects the experience of a large and growing share of the student population