Knocking at the College Door: Understanding and Adapting to Demographic Shifts
The rest of the adult-serving postsecondary market could learn a lot from the leading institutions on the public and not-for-profit side when it comes to adapting to shifting market conditions and...
View ArticleWe Need to Improve the Transfer Experience
Continuing education divisions help drive degree completion rates by being accessible to non-traditional audiences, and CE leaders can do more to advance this work by increasingly flexibility around...
View ArticleDeclining College Enrollment from Traditional-Age Students Will Hit Hard: Are...
While demographic shifts spell a tough road ahead for institutions and divisions focused squarely on traditional-age learners, those that serve adult students have a brighter future in store. In a new...
View ArticleMaking Sense of the New Transfer Student Persistence Metrics
As data finally comes to light about the success of transfer students in earning postsecondary credentials, higher education leaders have the capacity to pat themselves on the back on some elements,...
View ArticleReflecting Back: How Higher Education Has Changed Over 33 Years
Looking back on a career spanning over three decades, much has changed and the future looks bright for postsecondary educators serving non-traditional audiences.The Learners When I started in the field...
View ArticleThinking About Adult Student Loans, Careers, and the Value of Liberal Arts...
Recent studies show that students are willing to pay and incur loans for higher education if they feel that their institutions set them up to earn a return on their investment. Career support and...
View ArticleNew Workforce Data Points Toward Big Opportunities for Colleges and Universities
There are currently more job openings than candidates, and higher education needs to train students to fill these employment gaps. By focusing on sectors of opportunity, institutions can prepare their...
View ArticleEncouraging News: Persistence Among Adult Students Has Increased
The non-profit four-year sector’s record as the best place for adult students is still in place, although there have been sizeable gains in each sector. In the latest report on student persistence,...
View ArticleEnrollment Declines for Spring 2022: Decreasing Numbers of Adult Students and...
Higher ed enrollments have traditionally been counter cyclical, expanding and contracting in contrast to job markets. And right now, enrollments are dropping. With the continuing surge in the job...
View ArticleDigging Into Enrollment Numbers for Higher Education: Fall 2022 and Spring 2023
The scope of enrollment in higher education has changed drastically over the past few decades, with community colleges continuing to face challenges, high school students representing a growing...
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