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 Cara Quackenbush, Eduventures Vice President of Research at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 18, 2018 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Technology Research, Traditional Student Demand
Welcome to part three of Eduventures’ Year in Review for 2018! In part one, Chief Research Officer, Richard Garrett, reviewed his higher ed predictions for 2018. In part two, our Analysts shared what they learned in higher ed this year. This week, we reveal our Top 5...
by Eduventures Analyst Team at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 11, 2018 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Program Spotlight, Student Success, Technology Research, Traditional Student Demand
Welcome to part two of Eduventures’ Year in Review for 2018! Last week, Chief Research Officer, Richard Garrett, reviewed his higher ed predictions for 2018. This week our analysts share what they learned this year and next week we reveal our Top 5 Wake-Up Calls of...
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 | 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 Michael Miller, Eduventures Client Research Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Jul 3, 2018 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics
Within an overall higher education market in the midst of enrollment decline, online higher education is growing—with room to spare. Distance education programs in the U.S. now comprise 14% of total student enrollment, and in 2016 76% of domestic, degree granting...
