by Michael Miller, Eduventures Senior Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Feb 4, 2020 | Student Success
“America is facing a workforce crisis with implications for economic competitiveness and national defense,” according to STEMconnector’s recent report covering the tech skills gap. “Some estimate up to 2.4 million STEM jobs go unfilled.” While traditional colleges and...
by Howard Lurie, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Jan 28, 2020 | Student Success
Question: How will employers fill the growing vacancies for jobs requiring middle-skills – those needing at least a high school diploma but less than a bachelor’s degree, accounting for about 24% of the U.S. workforce?Answer: Not through LinkedIn.For Frank Britt, CEO...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Jan 7, 2020 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Technology Research, Traditional Student Demand
Every year I stick my neck out and make some higher education predictions, and 12 months later I review how I did. My 2020 predictions concern three things that are top-of-mind for many higher education leaders: where the U.S. economy is headed, the certificate boom,...
by Cara Quackenbush, Eduventures Vice President of Research at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 17, 2019 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Technology Research, Traditional Student Demand
Welcome to part three of Eduventures’ Year in Review for 2019! In part one, Chief Research Officer, Richard Garrett, reviewed his higher ed predictions for 2019. In part two, our Analysts shared what they learned in higher ed this year. This week, we reveal our Top 5...
by The Eduventures Analyst Team at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 10, 2019 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Technology Research, Traditional Student Demand
It’s that time of year again. As has become an end-of-year tradition at Eduventures, we asked five of our analysts to reflect on a single question: “What did you learn this year?”Some answers identify truly break-through moments in our understanding of the student...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 3, 2019 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Technology Research, Traditional Student Demand
Every year I make three predictions for higher education in the year ahead (look out for my 2020 predictions in early January). In this Wake-Up Call, we review whether my 2019 higher education predictions proved accurate or missed the mark.Back in January, I predicted...
