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How can your campus meet the needs of adult and online learners?

November 1, 2012 by Julie Bryant, Associate Vice President for Retention Solutions, RNL Leave a Comment

This image of an adult college student represents the increasing trend of more adults older than 25 enrolling in colleges and universities.I attended the Sloan-C Conference in Orlando earlier in October—the event to attend on the topic of online learning. I participated in some excellent sessions to learn more about how campuses are serving nontraditional learners.

During a session presented by Dr. Kristen Betts from Armstrong Atlantic State University on “Engaging and Retaining Today’s Diverse Student Population,” she shared the following statistics about the 17.6 million undergrads now enrolled in higher education:

  • 43% attend two-year institutions.
  • 37% are enrolled part-time.
  • 32% are working full-time.
  • 25% are over the age of 30.
  • Only 15% attend four-year colleges and live on campus.

Dr. Bett’s also shared a visual indicating that enrollment in online programs jumped from 229,363 to 2,139,714 between 2001 and 2009—an 832 percent increase.  (This is data from Eduventures, published in US News & World Report, September 2010.) She also referenced that classes offered exclusively on physical campuses are expected to plummet from 14.4 million in 2010 to just 4.1 million by 2015, according to Ambient Insight.

These and other national shifts in demographics for higher education will likely require shifts in assessment strategies for your campus. In particular, assessing different populations on campus will need to be the norm if campuses want a truly accurate view of student satisfaction and priorities among all students.

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Filed Under: Student Retention Tagged With: adult students, nontraditional students, online learners, student priorities, student satisfaction, student success

Systematic campus assessment for accreditation purposes

February 24, 2011 by Julie Bryant, Associate Vice President for Retention Solutions, RNL Leave a Comment

Systematic campus assessments assist colleges and institutions with their accreditation process

Regular assessments allow institutions to better understand their students' satisfaction and priorities.

The accreditation and re-affirmation process is multifaceted and often time consuming for colleges and universities.  It can be a stressful time for campus leadership as these responsibilities are added to your regular day-to-day activities.  However, it is critical for higher education institutions to stay on top of this process in order to receive the necessary approval from their accrediting bodies.

Student-related data are a key component for self-studies and for the total accreditation process.  Accrediting bodies have an expectation that campuses will have reliable, valid data which are captured over time.  This is one misstep that colleges sometimes fall into: just conducting surveys for inclusion in a self-study at one point in time, rather than surveying on a recurring, consistent basis.  Is this true at your institution?

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Filed Under: Student Retention Tagged With: accreditation, student assessment, student priorities, student satisfaction

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