by Johanna Trovato, Eduventures Senior Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Nov 19, 2019 | All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
Given the new reality of dwindling high school demographics, many institutions are exploring out-of-state recruitment in markets with more favorable population statistics. Texas, in particular, is an El Dorado of future high school graduates.According to the Western...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Nov 12, 2019 | All Topics, Student Success, Traditional Student Demand
“Just one more question.” At the end of an Eduventures advising session with a university client, the vice president of enrollment said something intriguing. “The presidents’ cabinets have long been familiar with data showing falling high school graduates in our state...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Oct 22, 2019 | All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
In part 1 of this series, we wrote about the 7% increase in college enrollment among public and private nonprofit four-year schools over the past decade despite a 10% decline in first-time, full-time undergraduate enrollment.You might interpret the gains among...
by Kim Reid, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Sep 24, 2019 | All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
The landscape for undergraduate enrollment isn’t fair. Some institutions get all the students while others struggle to make enrollment. Certainly, regional markets for first-time undergraduates are heavily influenced by geo-demography. But geo-demography isn’t the...
by Johanna Trovato, Eduventures Senior Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Sep 3, 2019 | All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
About 10 years ago, recruitment marketers were debating the merits of reaching prospects on social media. Did this new channel present a promising opportunity for texting in recruitment? Or was it too intrusive?Today, we are hearing a similar debate around texting in...
by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Aug 20, 2019 | All Topics, Traditional Student Demand
This summer marks the longest period of uninterrupted economic growth in U.S. history—a full decade since we exited the Great Recession. Fall 2019 will almost certainly mark another record: a 10-year decline in first-time college enrollment. Such a decline has not...
