There is one consistent question Eduventures has fielded often over the last few months: once the pandemic is behind us, where will the high growth job sectors lie? It’s an important question facing schools as they consider how their academic program offerings stack...
COVID-19 Archive
Student Travel in Times of COVID: Recruiting in Distant Markets
The fall 2020 enrollment cycle was difficult for most institutions, but particularly for those that recruit from distant markets. Eduventures’ Admitted Student Research shows that the segment of students willing to travel the longest distance for school chose to...
Here Today, Online Tomorrow? Adult Learners and Post-Pandemic Learning
2020 will long be remembered as the year of learning differently. Whether you’re enrolled in first grade or graduate school, online learning has become an unavoidable fact of life.
Virtual Connection: The Rise of Experiential Learning Companies
“The virtual university is the university made concrete,” said the animated young professor to my right, concluding his point with a flourish. It was London in the spring of 2000, a surreal no-man’s land between dotcom boom and crash. We were on a conference panel...
Three Essentials for Recruiting Your Next Class
While the unending chaos of COVID-19 makes it seem like everything is different in undergraduate college recruitment, in very important ways, everything is still the same. With more students choosing to stay closer to home, the crisis has created definite shifts in...
Social Media’s Untapped Potential to Recruit Students of Color
The renewed national focus on racial inequity has made its way into the halls of U.S. colleges and universities. Often touted as the “Great Equalizer,” institutions of higher education have long-strived to create diverse campus communities, increase equity, and offer...