by James Wiley, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | 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 ACT | 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 ACT | 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....
by Cara Quackenbush, Eduventures Vice President of Research at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 19, 2017 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Technology Research, Traditional Student Demand
For our final Wake-Up Call of 2017, we thought we’d reflect on the content that you, our readers, have signaled is most valuable. While it is tempting to jump ahead to 2018—especially in a climate of uncertainty about how current events may shape higher education next...
by Eduventures Analyst Team at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 12, 2017 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Technology Research, Traditional Student Demand
As the year comes to a close, we asked our top analysts to reflect on some critical questions impacting colleges and universities in 2017: Is there something wrong with the undergraduate adult market? What does the newest evidence actually say about the importance of...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 5, 2017 | Adult Learner Demand, All Topics, Program Innovation, Student Success, Technology Research
In January 2017, I made five predictions for the New Year: Trump will turn back the tide of for-profit school regulation Top schools will launch MOOC degrees A billionaire will found a new university ACICS, the embattled accreditor, will be reinvented A third big...
