Drivers for EdTech Market Valuation Changes
Author Phil Hill /2 Comments/by Phil HillMy post two days ago sharing the radically changing world of public EdTech company valuations got more attention than expected – when I mostly wanted an updated pretty picture and an excuse to share AI audio options for the blog. One small update to that post: I was reminded that I should have Keypath added […]
EdTech Financial Market Update
Author Phil Hill /by Phil HillBefore we get into the topic of today’s post, I’d like to point out that I have resumed the creation of audio options for PhilOnEdTech blog posts. Previously I did so by creating new podcast episodes, but that proved to be too time-consuming. I am now testing out a new AI-based service from Audyo that […]
Enrollments are declining: is it necessarily a bad thing?
Author Phil Hill /by Phil HillToday Magic EdTech released a new episode in their Tech in EdTech podcast, where host Dipesh Jain interviewed me regarding enrollment analysis, with a unique angle asking if the decline in US postsecondary enrollment is necessarily a bad thing. We also discussed the difference in the focus on credentials between India and the US. You […]
Pandemic Lessons in EdTech from MoodleMoot Global 2022
Author Phil Hill /by Phil HillIn late September I attended the MoodleMoot Global conference in Barcelona for market analysis research … and enjoying the first La Mercè Festival in three years. [full-page audio link] During the event I was interviewed by Abby Fry on the general topic of lessons for EdTech coming out of the pandemic. I have embedded the […]
About Those Uncounted Students
Author Phil Hill /3 Comments/by Phil HillI recently was interviewed by Scott Jeffe from Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL), a company that I believe is the preeminent enrollment management firm for US higher education, and Scott published two blog posts today based on our interactions. Beyond his work at RNL, I have known of Scott’s work for years, as he was the […]
OPM Market Forces: Lower revenue sharing and contract length
Author Phil Hill /by Phil HillIn multiple podcast interviews, interviews with GAO researchers and investors, blog posts, and keynotes, I have pushed back on the popular but flawed narrative that the Online Program Management (OPM) market is moving away from tuition revenue sharing to fee-for-service as the predominant business model. What I have argued instead is that: [full-page audio link] […]
Research Background Prior To Gates Foundation Response
Author Phil Hill /1 Comment/by Phil HillIn a recent post on the Gates Foundation-funded CourseGateway initiative, I challenged the claims that adoption of courseware is a key component of improving the performance of underrepresented student groups in gateway courses. [full-page audio link] Really? Back up that claim if you want us to believe that this initiative will produce any results. The […]
Post-Conference LMS Market News
Author Phil Hill /1 Comment/by Phil HillEducause used to be THE EdTech conference, and the LMS market news tended to deliberately coincide with the fall event – with vendors releasing news that week. The conference competition has heated up and Educause is now one among several EdTech conferences, but it does tend to remain the premier event in North American higher […]
Now Chegg Might Have to Reckon for Data Breach
Author Phil Hill /1 Comment/by Phil HillIn 2018 at e-Literate, I covered a data breach by Chegg that impacted up to 40 million users. Yesterday the NY Times reported that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has jumped in with a legal complaint accusing Chegg of ‘careless’ data security practices that led to the breach. I’ll try my best to not make […]
NSC Enrollments At High End of Estimated Range
Author Phil Hill /by Phil HillLate last week the National Student Clearinghouse put out their initial current term enrollment reports for Fall 2022 in US higher education. The quick read is that overall enrollment across all sectors, for undergraduate and graduate levels combined, declined 1.1% from Fall 2021. As many news organizations have reported, that decline is not as steep […]
