by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Oct 22, 2019 | All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
In part 1 of this series, we wrote about the 7% increase in college enrollment among public and private nonprofit four-year schools over the past decade despite a 10% decline in first-time, full-time undergraduate enrollment.You might interpret the gains among...
by James Wiley, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Oct 15, 2019 | All Topics, Technology Research
Just three years ago, in 2016, the Eduventures Higher Education Technology Landscape featured 518 products across 40 segments. In the 2019 report—published this past Thursday—we feature 423 products across 42 segments, a 22% reduction. Some of these changes have to do...
by Johanna Trovato, Eduventures Senior Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Oct 8, 2019 | All Topics, Student Success
“Do you want fries with that?” This has long been the signature joke to poke fun at the career development and opportunities—or perceived lack thereof—of humanities and social science majors. While it’s true that these students don’t have career paths readily laid out...
by Howard Lurie, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Oct 1, 2019 | All Topics, Program Innovation
The old adage that nothing is certain but death and taxes is due for an update. We’re now assured that the arrival of a new academic calendar invariably sparks renewed debate over the merits, or lack thereof, of online program management (OPM) companies and OPM...
by Kim Reid, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Sep 24, 2019 | All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
The landscape for undergraduate enrollment isn’t fair. Some institutions get all the students while others struggle to make enrollment. Certainly, regional markets for first-time undergraduates are heavily influenced by geo-demography. But geo-demography isn’t the...
by Michael Miller, Eduventures Senior Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Sep 17, 2019 | All Topics, Program Innovation
The current state of the U.S. MBA market can best be compared to your average glacier: large, slowly decreasing in size, and leaving a mark when it recedes. Still, MBA programs make up the greatest number of any single type of master’s degree program and enroll the...
