Rethinking Higher Education Through the Consortial Model - Opinion

John C. Cavanaugh, president and CEO of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, writes: It’s always been hard for a single college or university to be excellent at many things, much less all things, and that is increasingly the case given the rapid pace of advancement in many technical fields and the mounting pressure on higher education’s financial model. In many cases, what a single institution can offer a student may no longer be enough. And while institutions within a community or region may collectively have the necessary offerings, due to barriers in the transfer of credit, students may unfortunately not be able to access those opportunities.