Last year, following the first decrease in graduate enrollment in more than a decade, Eduventures speculated about whether the “graduate enrollment party” may finally be over. The major takeaway: institutions should no longer rely on steady graduate enrollment growth to balance out shrinking undergraduate enrollment.
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Tuition Assistance – What Students Want and What Institutions Can Do
Many big employers have increased their education benefits in the past decade to attract and retain employees—Starbucks, Amazon, Walmart, and others have announced programs to educate and upskill their workforces. With concerns about affordability among students and...
Which Online Programs Are You Competing Against?
More programs continue to move online, especially at the graduate level. According to IPEDS, more than 6,800 new online graduate programs were added between 2019 and 2022, and online graduate enrollment grew by 250,000. This continuing growth is good news for online...
ChatGPT vs. Formal Education: Is There a Winner?
As higher education adjusts to the reality and ramifications of artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching and learning, Eduventures checks the pulse of adult prospective students to understand how this is influencing their decisions about pursuing further education.
Evaluating the Impact: Regulatory Changes on OPMs and Graduate Enrollment
In 2023, the Department of Education (ED) threw a wrench in the Online Program Management (OPM) market suggesting more intense regulations would be put into place to increase transparency.
Balancing Tradition and Technology: The Pros and Cons of Course Sharing in Higher Education
New data from National Student Clearinghouse shows that while overall undergraduate enrollment grew between fall 2022 and fall 2023, freshman enrollment declined by 3.6%. Beneath these figures, certain majors are experiencing declines while others are growing.