by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at NRCCUA | Aug 7, 2018 | All Topics, Student Success
A couple of weeks ago it was announced that ACT, the organization best-known for its undergraduate admissions standardized test, acquired NRCCUA, provider of enrollment management solutions and the country’s largest free college planning program. The combination of...
by Kim Reid, Eduventures Principal Analyst at NRCCUA | Jul 31, 2018 | All Topics, Student Success
“It’s unsustainable!” That’s how we talk about the price of higher education. But we rarely use these words to refer to the application environment—perhaps we should. The chart below shows the current application trend for traditional-aged, undergraduate students and...
by Clint Raine, Eduventures Client Research Analyst at NRCCUA | Jul 24, 2018 | All Topics, Student Success
As summer heats up and colleges and universities combat summer melt, it’s time to face the reality that chances of reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA) in 2018, and possibly even 2019, have also melted away. At the Eduventures Summit in June, Inside Higher...
by James Wiley, Eduventures Principal Analyst at NRCCUA | Jul 10, 2018 | All Topics, Student Success, Technology Research
When the topic of student success comes up at higher education conferences, you will nearly always see a room full of engaged attendees nodding their heads in approval. Who wouldn’t? Increasing student success is an important and worthwhile goal for any institution...
by Kim Reid, Eduventures Principal Analyst at NRCCUA | Mar 13, 2018 | All Topics, Student Success
There is dark mood settling over the usual unbridled enthusiasm for March Madness this year. FBI investigations into widespread allegations of corruption among many of the nation’s top basketball programs are surfacing long-held fears about college basketball,...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at NRCCUA | Jan 9, 2018 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Technology Research, Traditional Student Demand
Once again, I am throwing caution to the wind with some predictions for the coming year. (For a look at my form, please see an assessment of my 2017 forecast.) Of course, predicting the future blurs what might plausibly happen with what one thinks ought to happen....
