Top 10 Projected Occupations in 2026

The 2016 outpatient procedure data shows overall hospital volume up 11% from 2015. Using data from the Outpatient Procedure Analysis Interactive, we also found that the volume times the average full cost (weighted average cost) on a procedure basis has increased 13.3%. We ran the numbers several ways – first…

How financially fit is your institution? One of the measures that Forbes has used in assessing the financial fitness of postsecondary institutions is endowment assets per FTE. This metric takes the value of endowment assets at the end of the year and divides it by the number of FTE’s. In…

Postsecondary institutions continue to invest heavily in capital assets and the cumulative investment across public and private institutions has crossed $900 billion, an increase of 27% over a five-year period. The capital investment growth rates are almost identical for both public institutions and private non-profit institutions as noted in the…

My Cleveland Indians have now won 13 games in a row. That along with their overall record and stellar play over the entire season tells me they are a good team. However, at any given point the Indians or any particular player could play really poorly. The similar challenge with…

Distance Education is now 12.3% of all programs and up 7.6% in 2018 Social distancing, at least for now, is the new normal and along with it comes distance education. Each year we look at what the data is telling us for distance education programs. Last year, I suggested that…

When nursing home incidents occur, they receive big news. Just this week, a Pinellas Park, Florida nursing care center resident died after appearing to have been left outside in the sun. The nursing home had been cited for various deficiencies and had received a one-star rating. In fact, the nursing…