by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Jan 12, 2021 | All Topics
We were saddened to learn of the passing of Michael R. Sandler, Eduventures founder. Mike Sandler (1940-2020) was a force for good in American education, championing numerous entrepreneurial and philanthropic initiatives over four decades. In 1993, Mike established...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Jan 12, 2021 | All Topics, Snapshot
Q. Will the Biden Administration turn its sights to regulation of OPMs, or can they breathe easily? While higher education oversight efforts under Obama were wide-ranging, for-profits were often the target, notably with the Gainful Employment rules requiring...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Jan 5, 2021 | All Topics
In the wake of COVID-19, momentous and completely unexpected, it might be tempting to go big on higher education predictions for 2021—an alien invasion perhaps? But higher education is battling quite enough drama to get pulses racing over what might—or might...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 8, 2020 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics
COVID-19 has humbled prognosticators everywhere: an impossible-to-predict global pandemic has impacted higher education in 2020 far more than anything this rusty analyst’s musing could conjure in the halcyon days of last January. A year ago, my first of three annual...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 1, 2020 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Traditional Student Demand
At the recent Eduventures Summit Virtual Research Forum, I presented an eye-popping chart showing the longstanding surge in higher education instructional and student services spend this century. Instructional spend at public four-year schools grew 140%, but student...
