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In 2018, Louisiana State University (LSU) set an ambitious goal for their online program. The institution hired an online learning veteran of Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) and hoped to reach an enrollment of 30,000 online students by 2025. This week, LSU announced it had grown their online enrollment by 45%, but there’s a still […]
The fall semester is beginning, and we are finally starting to see reopening plans play out at colleges and universities across the country. Of particular interest are those that are pursuing an in-person campus experience. Will students comply with social distancing measures? Can the inevitable COVID-19 cases be managed and contained? Unfortunately, some institutions are […]
New survey data show pandemic may be disproportionately influencing women to choose online education over in-person options. Inside Higher Ed
The homework gap is a term that has come to describe the 15 percent or more of American children who cannot complete their homework after the school day ends because they lack access to broadband and computers (Anderson and Perrin, 2018). This statistic encompasses different economic, socio-cultural, and geographic factors. As a result, historically underprivileged […]
As more colleges announce their instructional plans, two simulations suggest some of the likely challenges to a physical return. Others see opportunity for experimentation around teaching and learning. Inside Higher Ed
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound and rapid impact on higher education institutions across the world. In this study, we report the findings of a survey investigating the rapid transition to emergency remote teaching in the early weeks of the pandemic at public and private post-secondary institutions in the United States. Participants consisted of […]
In these times of lockdown due to the Coronavirus COVID-19, face-to-face educational functions and activities are being moved online, using remote working sites and tools. Many of us are struggling with the adjustment to working and teaching online, especially those who have always taught in a traditional classroom and are now being asked to rapidly regroup […]
As enrollments in postsecondary online programs have grown, many institutions have pursued a more centralized business model that consolidates their online programming under a single executive leader, a statewide system office, or a coalition of institutions that have merged operations and assets. In this study, the researchers used an exploratory case study design–using both surveys […]
Summer is providing temporary relief from educating amid a pandemic. But this fall, communities are going to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. They need to determine how to get students back to school and learning. Districts across the U.S. are currently deciding how best to do that. Three strategies have emerged. […]
Projections of Education Statistics to 2028 is the 47th in a series of publications initiated in 1964. This publication provides national-level data on enrollment, teachers, high school graduates, and expenditures at the elementary and secondary level, and enrollment and degrees at the postsecondary level for the past 15 years and projections to the year 2028. […]
