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Adult Learning
Growth in Trade School Enrollment is… Expected to Double!
If you operate a trade school or career-based college, you’ve likely been seeing a great uptick in enrollments over the past few years. The industry has been, well, on fire. Now, there are a great number of reasons why enrollment have been on a strong uptick, but perhaps the simplest explanation of the new data...
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The Semester is Almost Over… Target Your Online Classes Immediately to This Demo
There are over 3 billion page results for the following Google query: Can college students take online classes from another school? 3 billion page results! Meaning college students may be interested, or are very interested in fact, in taking your online courses, while still enrolled in their current college. But can they? Are they even...
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The 6 Trends Vocational Educators Should Keep Their Eyes On
Perhaps now more than ever, students of all ages, including adults, are looking for an education that can lead directly to a good job… without having to amass gigantic student loan debt. Because of this clear trend, career educators, trade schools and tech academies are having field day. Today, only about 25% of American adults...
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[1] best paying trade jobs - Google Search [2] 25 Highest Paying Trade School Jobs for 2025 & Their Career Outlook | Research.com
647,000,000 page results. That’s what Google produces when you search “best paying trade jobs.” [1]That’s an enormous number of results. But who would search “best paying trade jobs”? People who are looking to get into the trades, of course! This is why your school should seriously consider adding the 18 programs that lead to the...
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Are Colleges Subsidizing Brick and Mortar Classes with Fees from Online Learners?
It wasn’t long ago that almost every prospective college student “knew” that earning a college degree online was probably far cheaper than earning one in person. This, not only because of the higher costs associated with living on campus or commuting to one daily… But because credit hours were assumed to be cheaper to earn...
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Should You Market Your Online Programs to Current College Students?
Once a prospective student enrolls in college, it’s game over. They’ve committed the next four or five years to that institution, and even thinking about marketing your school to those committed students would be a tremendous waste of money, right? Well, not so fast. New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) shows...
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25 Degree/Certification Programs: Your School Should Offer…
Because Adult Learners Want Them! There are a number of reasons why adults choose to enroll in post-secondary degree programs. But perhaps the top reason they enroll, especially online, is the ability to continue working while striving towards a better paying job once they graduate. However, as you also know, there are a number of...
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Misguided Regulatory Scheme That’s Burdened Career and Technical Educators… Reversed!
Just before leaving office, the Biden administrations released two new “information collections” that required both state and local providers of career and technical educations to meet additional reporting requirements. Under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, the move was seen by many in the CTE space as burdensome and unnecessary, while...
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Why Your Trade School Should Consider Marketing its Programs To “Older” Adults
Over the past ten years or so, more and more recent high school grads have forgone college and, instead, have enrolled in a trade program. Of course, if you operate either a trade school or a college, you may know why. Much of today’s “youth” sees college as an expensive, time consuming and non-guaranteed way...
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Looking to Boost Enrollments with Adult Learners? Do These Eight Things…
There are well over 36 million American adults who have at least some post-secondary education but have not been credentialed.[1] Meaning, they’ve never completed their degree or career-training program. That’s 36 million people who, at one point, committed to furthering their education… But for one reason or another, they couldn’t finish. Now, this doesn’t mean...
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