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...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Jan 9, 2018 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Technology Research, Traditional Student Demand
Once again, I am throwing caution to the wind with some predictions for the coming year. (For a look at my form, please see an assessment of my 2017 forecast.) Of course, predicting the future blurs what might plausibly happen with what one thinks ought to happen....
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 5, 2017 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Technology Research
In January 2017, I made five predictions for the New Year: Trump will turn back the tide of for-profit school regulation Top schools will launch MOOC degrees A billionaire will found a new university ACICS, the embattled accreditor, will be reinvented A third big...
