Mapping the Structural Divide — from kylesaunders.com by Kyle Saunders
Institutional Resilience, Post-College Market Position, and Artificial Intelligence Exposure Across 1,556 U.S. Colleges and Universities
Where does your institution stand?
U.S. four-year colleges and universities face compounding pressures — demographic decline, fiscal stress, and artificial intelligence — that will reshape the sector over the next decade. This project maps where 1,556 institutions are structurally positioned across two dimensions, using federal data anyone can verify.
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X-axis: Institutional Resilience
Can this institution absorb financial and enrollment shocks?
Endowment per student · Revenue diversification · Enrollment trend · Admissions selectivity
Y-axis: Post-College Market Position
How well does this institution position graduates for the labor market ahead?
Completion rate · Earnings-to-debt ratio · AI exposure (inverted) · Demographic trajectory