Higher Ed Data Stories

MAY 7, 2022

Much has been made recently of changes in enrollment in US Higher Ed: Fewer males ( is it a crisis or not? ). Before we do, if you're using this data in your professional life, either as a college EM staff member or a for-profit consultant, I appreciate your support for my time, webhosting, and software costs. Shrinking enrollments.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2024

John Holford reflects on the funding for adult education enabled by the first Labour government a century ago, and hopes for something similar today. Plus letters from Ian Barge, Jennifer Basannavar and Jenny Braithwaite Jonathan Michie is, as usual, spot-on in arguing for universities to provide adult education.

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University Business

JUNE 17, 2024

The University of North Florida is bucking declining college enrollment trends in higher education, and John Kantner, University of North Florida senior associate provost of faculty and research, credits some of this growth to its focus on continuing education (CE) programs.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Blogs Adult learners: who they are and what they want from college Across the last few years, colleges and universities have increasingly prioritized adult learner enrollment to offset declining undergraduate enrollment and diversify revenue streams.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Sybil Newman Sybil Newman has been named college advancement officer for Guilford Technical Community College in North Carolina. Newman holds a bachelor’s degree in in professional speech, theatre arts, and broadcast communication and a master’s in leadership studies and adult education from North Carolina A&T University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Over the past two decades, promise programs, in which recent high school graduates are offered free tuition to attend local colleges and universities, have become popular tools to bridge equity gaps in higher ed, with over 300 programs active in over 40 states. Students in college need support with the cost of living and food security.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Patrena Benton Elliott Patrena Benton Elliott has been appointed president of Halifax Community College in North Carolina.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Khrystyna Sanborn Khrystyna Sanborn has been appointed dean of adult education at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois. Sanborn served as associate dean and then interim dean at the college. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Kyiv National University in Ukraine.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

Baker More than 170,000 residents enrolled in academic courses or registered for adult education and workforce training during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Alabama Community College System (ACCS). Baker, chancellor of the Alabama Community College System.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Plato around a seminar table this ain’t Wildavsky usefully nails the idea that higher education is contrary to skills-based learning, noting that even the ‘land-grant institutions’ founded in the US over a century ago provide practical experience. Moreover, 39 million Americans say they have ‘some college, no degree’.

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The PIE News

MAY 7, 2023

But, after the Scottish government reversed a decision to allocate £46m to colleges and universities “without warning” on May 3, there is pressure on the government – and its new leader Humza Yousaf – to release a plan on how it plans to fund higher education in Scotland.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Image: Huddled around a table in the Georgetown University Alumni House, roughly two dozen academics convened last week to address two of the most persistent challenges in higher education: improving student outcomes and lowering the cost of a bachelor’s degree. Now, nearly 15 years later, the idea has fresh momentum.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Today’s higher education students are increasingly digitally savvy, accustomed to technology being woven into every facet of their lives. In a nutshell, AI not only empowers educators to better manage their time but also enables them to provide a richer, more personalized learning experience for their students.

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Helix Education

MARCH 28, 2024

In the pursuit of knowledge, students enrolled in higher education often find their educational path intersects with the pressures of performance. Which is why I found so much value in exploring this relatively missed aspect of adult education. Graduate students face many challenges with work-life balance.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Research from the United States Department of Education shows 1.2 million fewer tradit ional - aged (18 - 24) college students in 2022 from 2019. At a time of intensifying pressures in higher education, colleges and universities are actively seeking additional populations to educate, namely adult and professional learners.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JULY 12, 2023

Once hailed as the leader in affordable adult education for workers entering middle management, it is a shell of its former self--in an economy less certain for consumers. But It's Important for the Future of Higher Education. Subprime Colleges and Programs Threatened. But it shouldn't--at least not yet.

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HESA

APRIL 6, 2023

This week’s guest on The World of Higher Education Podcast is Juan Carlos Navarro, international expert in higher education, innovation and digital talent; senior advisor to several international institutions and universities; and Member of the international faculty of the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración , in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

In higher education, “building rapport” is often cited (e.g., Her research is motivated and informed by her work as an instructor and instructional designer within the California community college system. Establishing rapport in higher education classrooms. Alberta Journal of Educational Research , 68(3), 357–371.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Roueche Center for Community College Leadership. At Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), college leaders continue to be involved in strategic discussions throughout Northeast Ohio with a diverse group of partners about solutions to connect people to family-sustaining wage jobs.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 23, 2022

To help reach that goal, the system is looking to adult learners with some college but no degree. million adults in California have stopped out of college—by far the largest group of the nation’s 39 million total, according to National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Today’s higher education students are increasingly digitally savvy, accustomed to technology being woven into every facet of their lives. In a nutshell, AI not only empowers educators to better manage their time but also enables them to provide a richer, more personalized learning experience for their students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. We offer faculty workshops on culturally sensitive teaching.” Morishita, interim president at CSULA.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

If there is another 0.25% increase in the base rate, as is widely anticipated, this will place government and university finances under further pressure over the next few years with significant negative implications for HE students, the UK Government’s education budget in general and the further education college budget in particular.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

Crystal Voegele, EdD, brings over 25 years of experience in education to her role at the University of Central Arkansas, where she serves as a faculty member specializing in literacy education and teacher preparation. Benson, EdD, is a long term educator who has always placed service to the teaching profession first in her career.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

Welcome to the second post in our series on higher education enrollment shifts. The work group joins us today to discuss the ways higher education institutions are responding to the shifts in enrollment. In December 2022, Catawba Valley Community College in North Carolina laid off 21 staff and six faculty members.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

Welcome to the second post in our series on higher education enrollment shifts. The work group joins us today to discuss the ways higher education institutions are responding to the shifts in enrollment. In December 2022, Catawba Valley Community College in North Carolina laid off 21 staff and six faculty members.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Adult learners, who often juggle work, family, and personal commitments, face unique challenges in their pursuit of higher education. With more than 82 million adults never having enrolled in postsecondary education and another 40.4 This demographic — defined as students 25 years or older.—

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HEPI

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This considered the demographic realities of applications to university, college, and apprenticeships – and what it meant for the system and our economy. We also made clear that in all likelihood there is a plateau and potential drop in higher education numbers after 2030. Many adults are already engaged in learning.

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Continuous Learning Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Learn how a college significantly improved equitable outcomes in math. In this episode, I interview Michael Wangler, veteran community college educator and former dean at Citrus College where transformational change in math resulted in positive student outcomes. See outcomes UPDATE.

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EAB

AUGUST 7, 2023

Blogs EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage The challenges facing higher education have become increasingly complex and interconnected over the past 15 years and in many cases require the collective action of multiple cabinet leaders and divisions to make progress.

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EAB

APRIL 13, 2023

Building an Effective Graduate Enrollment Management Plan Today’s GEM plan must adapt to the changing landscape of higher education, such as demographic shifts, technology, delivery modalities, student perceptions of education, rising costs, and increased student debt.

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EAB

DECEMBER 27, 2023

PCO leaders will collaborate with graduate enrollment leaders and advancement offices to expand the adult learner pipeline—e.g., Growing student skepticism towards higher education positioned lower-cost, on-demand, skills-based learning favorably. by growing lifelong learning offerings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2023

Collier, an assistant professor of higher and adult education in the department of leadership at the University of Memphis. “We However, Collier noted that the changes would be less helpful for community college graduates and those with certificates. “The

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 18, 2022

As colleges and universities welcome students back to campus this fall, the news about the future of higher education could not be more dismal. higher education, according to the National Student Clearinghouse. It’s hard not to embrace Wingard’s conclusion. What is going on here?

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The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

My friend David Browning, who has died aged 83, was a dockworker for 15 years before becoming an academic and passionate advocate of informal adult education, working with local communities.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

How to engage more community college prospects amid the “great opt out”. As the number of traditional-aged students continues to decline, community college leaders must focus on enrollment and recruitment strategies within their control. Source: EAB analysis of American Community Survey data. The case for better prospect management.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The event was introduced by the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Adult Education, Margaret Greenwood MP, who said that a gender pay gap and class ceiling in many sectors for disadvantaged women had been exacerbated by Covid, its aftermath and cost-of-living crisis – and this event was timely.

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