by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Jan 8, 2019 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Technology Research, Traditional Student Demand
Let’s start with two things I don’t think will happen next year: an enrollment-spurring recession (enrollment-spurring for the adult market particularly—my bet is 2020), and passage of the reauthorized Higher Education Act (unlikely with a divided Congress). Here are...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 4, 2018 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Technology Research, Traditional Student Demand
Welcome to part 1 of Eduventures’ Year in Review for 2018! Stay tuned as our review continues with the biggest lessons each of our analyst learned this year, and our Top 5 Wake-Up Call posts of 2018! Back in January, I made three higher education predictions for...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Nov 20, 2018 | All Topics, Program Innovation
There used to be an inverse relationship between top graduate schools and online master’s degrees. The more prestigious the institution, the less likely it was to offer any degree fully online. Deans and faculty eyed online suspiciously, convinced that the delivery...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Oct 9, 2018 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
The certificate, long the humble sidekick to the degree, is on the mind of many of our clients. If, the speculation goes, degrees are becoming too expensive, taking too long to complete, or sometimes held hostage by out-of-touch faculty, perhaps certificates are a...
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...
