Publication Type
News Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
10-2025
Abstract
Trust in universities, once a bedrock institution of modern society, is fraying. Affordability, political scrutiny, and cultural divides weigh heavily. Readers are all too aware of the wrenching developments: funding cuts, visa restrictions, pauses in student enrolment processes. These concerns are not confined to US universities only. From Australia to the United Kingdom to South Korea to the Global South, university leaders face parallel strains — affordability, governance, and relevance — and feel the weight of a future under siege.
Discipline
Higher Education | Technology and Innovation
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Citation
KONG, Lily, "The future of higher education is under siege: Reinvention may be its salvation" (2025). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 4303.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4303
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4303
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