by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Nov 12, 2019 | All Topics, Student Success, Traditional Student Demand
“Just one more question.” At the end of an Eduventures advising session with a university client, the vice president of enrollment said something intriguing. “The presidents’ cabinets have long been familiar with data showing falling high school graduates in our state...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Oct 22, 2019 | All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
In part 1 of this series, we wrote about the 7% increase in college enrollment among public and private nonprofit four-year schools over the past decade despite a 10% decline in first-time, full-time undergraduate enrollment.You might interpret the gains among...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Aug 20, 2019 | All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
This summer marks the longest period of uninterrupted economic growth in U.S. history—a full decade since we exited the Great Recession. Fall 2019 will almost certainly mark another record: a 10-year decline in first-time college enrollment. Such a decline has not...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Jul 16, 2019 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Traditional Student Demand
Community college is “where America really goes to college,” said Dr. Gail Mellow, President of LaGuardia Community College, in her keynote at Eduventures Summit 2019. The scale of community colleges is the “invisible reality” in a nation obsessed with...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | May 7, 2019 | Program Innovation
In a previous Wake-Up Call, we looked at the association between online learning and per-student spend on instruction and support services. The trend is clear: the higher the proportion of fully online students, the lower the per-student spend. At a time of sticker...
