Edward Summers, Lessie BranchCOVID-19Stepping Away from The Brink: COVID-19 PushedCOVID-19 has exacerbated and accelerated for many colleges and universities the challenges they already faced – rising cost, declining enrollment, not enough financial resources to support the operational structure, and a competitive market – to name a few.June 21, 2020StudentsStepping Away from the Brink: Part VII: Faculty and The AcademyFaculty, in conjunction with students, represent the core of an academic institution. Without either, colleges and universities don’t have a purpose. It is faculty who provides education, advice, and enlightenment to our next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians, educators, and hopefully change-makers. However, as higher education continues to find itself on the brink, questions around the appropriate faculty structure remains critical to thinking of the future of institutions.March 11, 2020Page 1 of 1