As the pace of change in
the workplace quickens, higher education will not only be a resource for
students to develop new skills but how students interact with higher education will
continue change. Higher education is responding with its own changes, creating
new opportunities for careers in higher education. Higher education employs a growing number of people,
meaning emerging careers in the field can provide a significant number of new opportunities.
In the United States there are nearly 1.6 million faculty and 2 million staff
in higher education, according to the National Center for Education statistics.