Let’s face it… the higher education space, especially the space occupied by primarily online institutions, is getting crowded. Not only are there more choices in online schools than perhaps any time in the past, but today, more and more traditional “brick and mortar” schools are offering degrees fully online as well. And because of it,...Read More

Depending on how you “count” them, anywhere between 15 and 40 brick-and-mortar colleges either shut down or merged this year, unfortunately. Even worse, Bloomberg says “hundreds of US colleges are poised to close in the next decade.[1] You see, since 2020, the traditional higher ed industry has been experiencing nothing short of an “Edu-Pocolypse”. And...Read More

Everyone in higher education knows the story of Jones International University. Way back in 1993, it became the very first fully online, regionally accredited university. By the early 2000s, the school began offering fully online bachelor’s, master’s and even doctoral programs. But, as it turned, the school was well ahead of its time and woefully...Read More

The average cost differential between online college and in-person, traditional brick-and-mortar college is startling. New information from the Education Data Initiative makes it clear… even as its popularity grows, online college remains more affordable![1] Numbers to Know $509: The average cost per credit hour for an online bachelor’s program. $791: The average cost per credit...Read More

Every November, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) publishes its preliminary report on Fall enrollments. And this year’s report is quite promising for brick-and-mortar colleges and universities… Overall enrollments continue to rebound post pandemic and are up 2% over Fall 2024. Even more promising, undergrad enrollment is up 2.4%.[1] Of course, while this is...Read More

We’re deep into traditional college recruitment season. It’s easy to tell. If you have a high school student living at home with you… just check your mailbox. It’s probably flooded with fancy looking direct mail pieces from any and every brick-and-mortar college in your area; and probably a bunch that aren’t even in your state....Read More

This is it. The demographic cliff is upon us. The high school class of 2025 will be, according to most experts, the largest graduating class in US history… Followed by fewer and fewer class sizes for years and years to come. Essentially, we’re running out of 18 year olds, and there are not enough younger...Read More

Each year, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center compiles a report on Americans with some college but no credentials (SCNC). Below are five of the most interesting statistics from its 2025 report.[1] 41.3 million: The size of America’s SCNC population, with 37.6 million under the age of 65. 2 Years in a Row: For two...Read More

A lot has changed at the Ed. Dept this year. Some for the better, some perhaps, for the worse. However, one change in particular is most certainly being viewed as a positive by short-term career-based schools: Changes in Pell Grants. You see, this past summer, Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) which...Read More

Although well down from the peak in 2010, college enrollments seem to have finally turned the corner; with undergrad enrollments now creeping up, dare we say rising up, from 2021-2022 lows. This fall, in fact, some institutions have reported good-to-excellent enrollment growth year-over-year.[1] With a number of them even breaking freshmen enrollment records. “Fall 2025...Read More