Tag Archive for: Online Education

Fall 2021 Largest Institutions by Total Enrollment and DE Type
Author Phil Hill
Based on reader request after yesterday's post, I'd like to share another view of largest US higher education institutions, this one ranked by total enrollment with color coding of distance education (DE) type. This chart combines undergrad…

IPEDS Fall 2021: Largest Institutions by Online Enrollments In US With Trends Since 2012
Author Phil Hill
After the IPEDS Fall 2021 data came out in late December, I noticed a large and growing discrepancy between the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) and IPEDS about the size of the enrollment declines. I have been in contact with NSC, and the…

Fall 2021 IPEDS Data: Profile of US Higher Ed Online Education
Author Phil HillNew IPEDS data showing pandemic-driven acceleration of online education

About Those Uncounted Students
Author Phil Hill
I 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…

Digital Education Summit #DES22 Keynote
Author Phil Hill
In late September I had the opportunity to provide the keynote for the Digital Education Summit #DES22 put on by Sam Houston State University Online.
The 11th annual Digital Education Summit, a free, virtual, one-day teaching and learning…

The Synchronous Opportunity: Wiley’s 2022 Voice of the Online Learner Report
Author Phil Hill
One of the more useful series of research on online education over the years has come from Wiley University Services (essentially Wiley's OPM division) via its acquisition of Learning House (a smaller OPM). The survey series Online College…

2020-21 IPEDS Data: Profile of Mid-Pandemic 12-Month Enrollments
Author Phil Hill
I've covered the National Center for Education Statistic's IPEDS data on distance education (i.e., online education) for the past ten years, starting with this 2012 profile and continuing to the recent 2020 profile and analysis.
IPEDS…

UAGC Financials Confirm Falling Enrollments and Revenue
Author Phil Hill
It has taken some time, but I now have access to recent University of Arizona Global Campus (UAGC) financials and enrollments based on a report in early May for the Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee (SPBAC) at the University…

Three Initial Takeaways from the GAO Report on OPMs
Author Phil Hill
The long-awaited report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the US Department of Education (ED) oversight over Online Program Management (OPM) contracts is out, and as most observers have stated, it is a fairly neutral report…

Let’s Not Romanticize 2019 for Online Learning
Author Phil Hill
Last week I had the chance to paricipate in a fireside chat plenary session for OLC Innovate 2022 with Joe Moreau, Vice Chancellor Technology for Foothill-DeAnza Community College District. Joe is retiring at the end of the month, and we have…