by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Feb 17, 2020 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, COVID-19, Snapshot, Traditional Student Demand
Q. What kinds of questions should I be asking? I don’t know what to ask. Start with honest reflection on your school’s place in the world. The more selective and wealthier your school, the more easily you can ride out the medium-term, worst-case scenario, of...
by Howard Lurie, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Feb 11, 2020 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics
Last week, Eduventures published its most recent study of prospective adult learners, the 2020 Adult Prospect Research Report™. While it confirms that demand for affordability and flexibility remain high, it also identifies some new patterns regarding how prospective...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Jan 7, 2020 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Technology Research, Traditional Student Demand
Every year I stick my neck out and make some higher education predictions, and 12 months later I review how I did. My 2020 predictions concern three things that are top-of-mind for many higher education leaders: where the U.S. economy is headed, the certificate boom,...
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 Howard Lurie, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Apr 16, 2019 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Technology Research
The annual migration of ed-tech venture capitalists, start-up executives, innovators, and educators descended on San Diego last week for the ASU-GSV conference—now in its 10th year addressing the most pressing challenges facing education. As the Varsity Blues...
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...
