The top U.S. official on higher education policy said recently that new technologies have to be deployed and fundamental changes are needed in institutional settings to encourage students to come back to colleges amid persistent losses in undergraduate enrollment numbers. “For one, enrollment has fallen, instead of grown. So with enrollment down 700,000 students, we’re asking,…

In the backdrop of persistent losses in enrollment numbers across the United States for undergraduate education, the country’s top official on higher education policy recently said that new technologies have to be deployed, and fundamental changes in institutional settings need to be made to encourage students to come back to colleges. “For one, enrollment has…