by Johanna Trovato, Eduventures Senior Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Nov 19, 2019 | All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
Given the new reality of dwindling high school demographics, many institutions are exploring out-of-state recruitment in markets with more favorable population statistics. Texas, in particular, is an El Dorado of future high school graduates.According to the Western...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Nov 12, 2019 | All Topics, Student Success, Traditional Student Demand
“Just one more question.” At the end of an Eduventures advising session with a university client, the vice president of enrollment said something intriguing. “The presidents’ cabinets have long been familiar with data showing falling high school graduates in our state...
by Kim Reid, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Nov 5, 2019 | All Topics, Student Success
The big day is here! It’s time for the NCAA to announce the top 25 college football teams in the hunt for the College Football Playoff. And every year we look at this event through a slightly different lens—Eduventures’ Student Success Ratings.As in past years,...
by Michael Miller, Eduventures Senior Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Oct 29, 2019 | All Topics, Technology Research
Imagine you are at a higher education conference and several attendees from IBM take the stage. They have big news. They announce that they have developed something called the University and College Information System— student information systems that promise to...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Oct 22, 2019 | All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
This is Part 2 of The College Enrollment Paradox. Read Part 1 here.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...
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...
