AM25: How to Navigate Around the Demographic Cliff

Live Event: 07/28/2025 at 4:30 PM (EDT)

Only available as part of a package

The looming demographic cliff—driven by declining numbers of college-aged students, shifting enrollment trends, and evolving workforce demands—poses significant challenges for higher education institutions. This interactive session will explore strategies for navigating these population shifts. You will engage with a panel of peers to discuss innovative approaches to sustaining enrollment, adapting business operations, and fostering institutional resilience. With insights from past and present trends, this session will equip you with practical strategies to collaborate with institutional leadership and mitigate the impact of demographic changes on your campus.

Learning Objectives

Identify strategies to adapt business operations in response to declining student populations while maintaining financial sustainability.
Use population changes to streamline and improve business operations. 
Partner with faculty and staff to incorporate technology to improve educational efficiency.

CPE Available: 1 Credit in TBD

Each individual must register and attend separately to earn credit.

NACUBO is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website www.nasbaregistry.org

Event Information

Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites: Minimum 1-2 years of experience as a professional in higher education or a related private industry.
Advanced Preparation: None
Delivery Mode: Group internet based
Field of Study: TBD
Length: 60 minutes

Steps to Earn CPE Credit

You can only earn credit for attending the session live. CPE credit cannot be earned for watching the recordings.

To earn CPE credit, you will complete the following tasks under the Content tab, after the session has ended:

Pass the CPE codeword quiz. Write down the codewords posted in the Zoom chat at random times throughout the session and complete the quiz at the end of the session.
Submit the CPE check-out code displayed at the end of the session.
Download your CPE certificate.

You have until 5 pm Eastern Time on Wednesday, July 30, to complete these three steps or report technology issues with this site to online@nacubo.org.

For more detailed instructions, review the CPE Instructions page.

William Jarvis

Managing Director and Philanthropic Executive

Bank of America

William Jarvis is managing director and philanthropic executive at Bank of America Private Bank, where he heads strategic-thought leadership for institutional and private nonprofit organizations. An authority on investment policy and governance for endowed nonprofit organizations, Jarvis brings 41 years of experience to this role. Jarvis is the managing editor of the Bank of America Study of Philanthropy and the author of numerous white papers on investment policy and endowment governance.

Prior to joining Bank of America in 2017, Jarvis served as the executive director of the Commonfund Institute. In 2021, Jarvis was honored with NACUBO’s Rodney H. Adams Endowment Management Award for outstanding individual contributions to professional development activities in the area of college and university endowment and investment management.

Jarvis holds a B.A. in English literature from Yale University, a J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law, and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Jarvis does not provide legal advice in his role at Bank of America.