by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Jun 15, 2021 | Eduventures Summit, Program Innovation
The New Higher Education: College Alternatives are Good News for Students and Colleges Ever since John Harvard in 1638 bequeathed his library and half his estate to the fledgling college that would bear his name, American higher education has been a story of slow but...
by Howard Lurie, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | May 25, 2021 | All Topics, Program Innovation
Deciphering the Coursera IPO: The Holy Grail for Online Learning? Eduventures’ predictions for 2021 covered a lot of ground. But in this year of educating differently, it did not anticipate a key development: Coursera’s IPO. In late March, Coursera raised more than...
by Howard Lurie, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Apr 6, 2021 | All Topics, Program Innovation
Behold the postsecondary syllabus: descending from the Latin word for “list” and the Ancient Greek “sittybos” for a descriptive label for a document. Beyond this admirable longevity, what is the function of a syllabus in postsecondary teaching and learning? Is it...
by Howard Lurie, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Mar 2, 2021 | All Topics, Program Innovation
With 2020 now complete, expectations are high for a return to pre-pandemic normalcy. As 2021 begins, we’re hearing a familiar trope: an equitable economic recovery can be strengthened by prioritizing “skills-based learning” rather than traditional credential...
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 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...
