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How Much Have We Been Undercounting Online Students?

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The fall enrollment snapshot that we have relied on is undercounting online student by 75 percent among undergraduates and 44 percent among graduate students. million students), and the undercount grows to 75 percent for fully online students (missing 1.8 Almost all of these additional students (115k) enrolled in all online courses.

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Phil Hill Talks About the Impact of New IPEDS Data on Institutions and EdTech

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Phil Hill : A big part of writing both the blog on the 2019-20 data and the 2020-21 data blog (on the need to focus on 12-month unduplicated enrollment rather than fall snapshot) was to point out how much we’ve needed this type of data. Read the 2022 Online Program Marketing Practices Report.

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Enrollment Format Choices: Snapping Back to “Normal”?

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million additional undergraduates were pushed into all online (or for many “emergency remote”) courses in fall 2020, only 2.5 million of them had left fully classroom study in 2020. I then used that percent to plot where 2020 and 2021 enrollment may have been (barring any other significant impact). percent per year).

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Is Online Education Really in Trouble? No, and Here Is Why!

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It is true that the number of students opting to enroll in all online or some online courses contracted for the second year. This is because in 2020, millions of classroom students were forced into online, remote, or hybrid study. Again, this does not present a strong case for returning the focus to classroom programs.

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Three Stats That Signal the Transformation of Higher Education

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Fall 2020 saw 5.9m At the graduate level, fall 2020 saw 844k fewer all-classroom graduate students, but only 470k returned to the classroom in fall 2021. Implication: For most institutions, a growth strategy has gone from seeing the availability of fully online programs as a “nice to have” to a “must have.”

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Online Learning: Instruction Is an Opportunity for Improvement

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Top strengths rated for online learners Importance Satisfaction Registration for online courses is convenient. 89% 81% My program advisor is accessible by telephone and email. 88% 80% Adequate online library resources are provided. 89% 81% My program advisor is accessible by telephone and email.

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Online Program Managers: What Are OPMs in Higher Education?

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Online program managers coordinate and run online degree programs for many colleges and universities. Online program managers — sometimes referred to as online program management companies — exist to provide online education services for more traditional colleges and universities.