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 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 Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Sep 15, 2020 | Student Success, Technology Research
“360,316 already enrolled.” It is big numbers like this—featured on the homepage of the 10-course Data Science “specialization” from Johns Hopkins University and many others offered by other schools on Coursera, the giant MOOC platform, that both substantiate and...
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,...
