by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Aug 7, 2018 | All Topics, Student Success
A couple of weeks ago it was announced that ACT, the organization best-known for its undergraduate admissions standardized test, acquired NRCCUA, provider of enrollment management solutions and the country’s largest free college planning program. The combination of...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | May 1, 2018 | All Topics, Eduventures Summit
An hour reading the news might suggest that this is the worst of times for higher education. Rarely have things seemed so acute. A perfect storm of enrollment and funding pressure, finger-pointing on cost and ROI, and politicization and self-doubt has created a swirl...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Apr 10, 2018 | All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
Companies like 2U, Pearson, and Wiley, online program management (OPM) firms that partner with schools to launch degree programs, ultimately stake their claim on one thing: hire us and we will deliver more online students than you could enroll on your own. But does...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Mar 27, 2018 | All Topics, Program Innovation, Technology Research
Online learning has been part of higher education for almost 30 years now. Students studying either fully or partially online make up 31% of U.S. undergraduate enrollment (as of fall 2016), and 37% of graduate enrollment. But what does “online learning” really mean?...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Feb 20, 2018 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
Driven by falling high school graduate numbers and a strengthening economy, higher education enrollment has shrunk five years in a row. By contrast, enrollment in online programs continues to grow, reaching three million students in Fall 2016. But because online...
