by Clint Raine, Eduventures Client Research Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Feb 23, 2021 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics
For years, think tanks, academics, and journalists have sounded the alarm about the transformation of the modern workforce through job automation and artificial intelligence (AI). The question posed has always been “when” rather than “if.” When will new technologies...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Feb 16, 2021 | All Topics, Program Innovation
“What is going on in the noncredit market?” This has always been one of our clients’ toughest questions. Noncredit courses and programs are seemingly always both part-of-the-furniture—gathering dust in some obscure corner of continuing education—and about to come out...
by Kim Reid, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Feb 9, 2021 | All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
The college enrollment landscape is unsettled this year and so too are long-held student decision frameworks. A recent Inside Higher Ed article revealed that a 1% increase in student use of the Common App is creating a 10% increase in application volume for Common App...
by Johanna Trovato, Eduventures Senior Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Feb 2, 2021 | All Topics, Student Success
The first fall semester of the COVID-19 pandemic is over, and according to over 5,000 freshman respondents in the Eduventures Student Experience Survey, it wasn’t how they imagined college. A striking one out of five students said they were—at best—unsure about their...
by Michael Miller, Eduventures Senior Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Jan 26, 2021 | All Topics, Program Innovation
Master’s degree programs are the bright spot in an otherwise bleak forecast for the wider degree market. In a year where undergraduate enrollment has fallen more than 4%, master’s enrollment is up 3.5%. As schools assess their online program strategies, however, they...
by James Wiley, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Jan 19, 2021 | All Topics, Technology Research
We all love making predictions. They help us deal with uncertainty, which has undoubtedly come into sharp focus over the past year. The issue with predictions, however, is that they are often wrong—some glaringly so. And those involving higher education technology are...
