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The pressures to embrace online education aren’t equal across institutions, though. Those needing to retain or bulk up enrollment and those serving diverse, high-needs populations — community colleges and regional comprehensives, for example — are likely feeling more urgency to adapt, sources say. (Nearly 42 percent of the online-related jobs posted by public two-year colleges in the last eight years were placed in 2023 and 2024 alone.)

On the whole, state flagships and highly selective institutions “don’t have the same pressures … simply because when you are in that rare air, you will always have a huge recruiting class,” says Julie Uranis, senior vice president for online and strategic initiatives at UPCEA.”

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