The academic offerings of universities in the State continue to prioritize student preferences over the needs of the labor market, and although higher education has halved the unemployment rate in a decade, this achievement is overshadowed by the increasing precariousness of these graduates, according to the fifteenth edition of the report. The Spanish university in figuresThe report, prepared by the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE), reveals that 17.5% of students work part-time year-round (21% for women), compared to 8.3% in the OECD, reflecting the "persistent precariousness of the Spanish labor market." The report concludes that demand for the Spanish university system will remain stable, at around 1.7 million undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students, over the next twenty years, and lists three clear challenges: increased public funding, a decisive boost to knowledge transfer, and the reversion of teaching and research to the universities themselves. "Having a university education is an excellent investment," says Eva Alcón, president of CRUE and rector of Jaume I University, while acknowledging that there is still "room for improvement."