Note: This content originally appeared on May 31, 2018 in University Business Magazine, by Dr. Michael Horowitz

In a higher education landscape marked by a shrinking student population and increasing uncertainty, institutional longevity—if not short-term survival—is top of mind for most. What many at-risk institutions fail to see, however, is that a primary focus on competition is a precarious survival strategy that more often than not, backfires. Cooperation, not competition is the way out. Read the full Professional Opinion piece in University Business Magazine here.