by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 1, 2020 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Traditional Student Demand
At the recent Eduventures Summit Virtual Research Forum, I presented an eye-popping chart showing the longstanding surge in higher education instructional and student services spend this century. Instructional spend at public four-year schools grew 140%, but student...
by Kim Reid, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Jul 28, 2020 | All Topics, COVID-19, Traditional Student Demand
When the COVID-19 crisis brought undergraduate recruitment to a sudden halt, enrollment professionals faced one big question: How can we make our class when our way of working has been taken from us? No travel, no campus visits, no admitted student days, no regional...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Jul 21, 2020 | All Topics, COVID-19, Program Innovation
Anyone following media coverage of faculty and student reactions to pandemic-induced online learning got the message loud and clear: NO THANK YOU. The effort was appreciated but returning to campus is priority #1. The latest CHLOE (Changing Landscape of Online...
by Michael Miller, Eduventures Senior Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Jul 14, 2020 | All Topics, Technology Research, Traditional Student Demand
With over 35 million students having attended college but never having earned a credential, retention rates, with too few exceptions, remain stubbornly low. Despite modest overall improvement, 40% of institutions reported a decline in their full-time retention rates...
by Kim Reid, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Jul 9, 2020 | All Topics, COVID-19, Snapshot, Traditional Student Demand
Q: Our campus intends to have first-year and returning undergraduates on campus in the fall. Should we also offer our students a remote learning option if they are nervous about coming to campus? If your institution is able to stand up solid remote learning...
by Howard Lurie, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Jul 7, 2020 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, COVID-19
There’s little doubt that 2020 will go down as the year of educating differently. With higher education turned upside down, how are adult learners responding to these unprecedented events? Will a fear of on-campus learning drive more adults to embrace online formats?...