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What I Learned in Higher Education in 2019

by The Eduventures Analyst Team at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 10, 2019

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: “[inlinetweet prefix="RT @EduvanturesInc:" tweeter="" suffix="Our Analyst team shares their lessons from 2019....

Looking Back at My 2019 Higher Education Predictions: Right, Half-Right, Delayed

by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Dec 3, 2019

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...

2019 IPEDS Update: Five Insights into the Online Master’s Market

by Michael Miller, Eduventures Senior Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Nov 26, 2019

2019 IPEDS data shows Master’s programs now make up nearly 16% of completions across all levels of U.S. higher education. For several years, this market has been the primary sector of growth for many institutions—led in large part by the development of online...

A Fact Check on Out-of-State Recruitment: Don’t Mess With Texas

by Johanna Trovato, Eduventures Senior Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Nov 19, 2019

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...

High School Graduates: New England Challenges Conventional Wisdom

by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Nov 12, 2019

“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...

Eduventures 2019 Student Success College Football Playoff: USF Wins it All

by Kim Reid, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Nov 5, 2019

The big day is here! It’s time for the NCAA to announce the top 25 college football teams in the hunt for the College Football Playoff. And every year we look at this event through a slightly different lens—Eduventures' Student Success Ratings.As in past years, we...

Do Student Information Systems Need a Tune Up?

by Michael Miller, Eduventures Senior Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Oct 29, 2019

Imagine you are at a higher education conference and several attendees from IBM take the stage. They have big news. They announce that they have developed something called the University and College Information System— student information systems that promise to...

The College Enrollment Paradox, Part 2: Balancing Act

by Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA | Oct 22, 2019

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...

Eduventures 2019 Technology Landscape: Four Vendors to Watch

by James Wiley, Eduventures Principal Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Oct 15, 2019

Just three years ago, in 2016, the Eduventures Higher Education Technology Landscape featured 518 products across 40 segments. In the 2019 report—published this past Thursday—we feature 423 products across 42 segments, a 22% reduction. Some of these changes have to do...

Help Wanted: Student Expectations for Career Development

by Johanna Trovato, Eduventures Senior Analyst at ACT | NRCCUA | Oct 8, 2019

“Do you want fries with that?” This has long been the signature joke to poke fun at the career development and opportunities—or perceived lack thereof—of humanities and social science majors. While it’s true that these students don’t have career paths readily laid out...