Enrollment-Analysis

A data-based look at higher education enrollments, including IPEDS and National Student Clearninghouse data sets, to identify future trends

Online-education

Apr 9, 2026

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9 min read

The Locality of Online Education: What the Data Actually Show

Two independent datasets complicate the "students choose local" mantra—and reveal 2020 as a structural turning point.

Phil Hill

NC-SARA

A View of Online Institutional Geographic Enrollment Patterns

Mar 20, 2026

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15 min read

A View of Online Institutional Geographic Enrollment Patterns

NC-SARA data shows how large online institutions differ in in-state reliance and interstate reach

Phil Hill

Online-education

Mar 16, 2026

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4 min read

Hidden Geography of Online - All States

An On EdTech+ special report sharing data charts for all states (plus DC)

Phil Hill

Regulatory Analysis

Mar 6, 2026

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8 min read

Friday Follow Up

Calbright’s Cost Problem, Workforce Pell’s Fine Print, and Improving ED's Data

Phil Hill

Microcredentials

Feb 14, 2026

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12 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

Reality Bites - Microcredentials, Marketing Funnels, and Online Skepticism

Glenda Morgan

NC-SARA

Feb 13, 2026

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8 min read

Hidden Geography Follow Up

Which states' students attend ASU Online, commentary from Russ Poulin, and the Gen AI connection to the graphics

Phil Hill

Online-education

The Hidden Geography of Online Higher Education

Feb 13, 2026

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14 min read

The Hidden Geography of Online Higher Education

Using NC-SARA Fall 2024 data, we map which states retain, export, or lose fully online students—and what it means for policy and competition

Phil Hill

Online-education

Feb 4, 2026

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8 min read

ASU Expansion in California

Cross-state online expansion is part of a strategy - a view of the data

Phil Hill

NC-SARA

Jan 27, 2026

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5 min read

NC-SARA Exclusive Distance Ed: Why In-State vs. Out-of-State Changes the Story

Some states primarily extend offerings by online modalities, while others explicitly rely on importing students

Phil Hill

EdTech Research

Jan 24, 2026

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14 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

Where learning happens, how learning happens and who controls it

Glenda Morgan

NC-SARA

Jan 23, 2026

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6 min read

On the Regionality of Online Learning

There are regional hubs of institutions, but what about students? Adding NC-SARA data to the mix

Phil Hill

Enrollment-Analysis

The Data Behind High School Dual Enrollment

Jan 20, 2026

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6 min read

The Data Behind High School Dual Enrollment

The data are nascent, but it appears that roughly half of recent undergrad enrollment gains come from high schools students in dual enrollment programs

Phil Hill

Student Success

Jan 17, 2026

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12 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

Looking for the deeper message

Glenda Morgan

Student Success

Two Online Strategies, Not One: What the Data Now Show About Community Colleges

Jan 16, 2026

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12 min read

Two Online Strategies, Not One: What the Data Now Show About Community Colleges

An IPEDS-based look at how fully online and mixed-modality models are diverging, not converging

Glenda Morgan

Online-education

WGU Separates From the Pack, and Other IPEDS Observations

Jan 8, 2026

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9 min read

WGU Separates From the Pack, and Other IPEDS Observations

Top 30 institutions, separating out regional public Us, state maps, and more

Phil Hill

Online-education

Jan 6, 2026

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15 min read

Fall 2024 IPEDS Data: Profile of US Higher Ed Online Education

Modest year-over-year growth of 2.7% from 2023-24 and continued growth in online modalities

Phil Hill

hei-finances

Jan 3, 2026

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14 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

Prisoners of the plumbing

Glenda Morgan

hei-finances

Nov 22, 2025

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13 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

Pendulum swings, gravitational pulls, and some loose associations

Glenda Morgan

Regulatory Analysis

Nov 11, 2025

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9 min read

New Information on Two Newsletter Themes

Confirming our coverage that fall 25 enrollment is up, and sharing another casualty of the ROI mindset

Phil Hill

hei-finances

Nov 8, 2025

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13 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

Its all in the data

Glenda Morgan

Student Success

The Unsung Builders of Online Learning; IU Online

Nov 4, 2025

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13 min read

The Unsung Builders of Online Learning; IU Online

A centralized coordinating body, aligning and supporting online learning efforts across the Indiana University system

Glenda Morgan

Enrollment-Analysis

Oct 29, 2025

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3 min read

Fall 2025 Enrollment Estimates

All data pointing to significant increases year-over-year

Phil Hill

Microcredentials

Ground-level Impacts of the Changing Landscape of Higher Education

Oct 22, 2025

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11 min read

Ground-level Impacts of the Changing Landscape of Higher Education

Evidence from the Virginia Community College System

Glenda Morgan

LMS-Market

Oct 14, 2025

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9 min read

Mid-week Follow Up

Updates on Moodle Higher Ed, Fall 2025 enrollments, and post-bankruptcy Blackboard

Phil Hill

Microcredentials

Oct 4, 2025

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2 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

The speed of change

Glenda Morgan

Enrollment-Analysis

The Locality of Online Education: What the Data Actually Show

A View of Online Institutional Geographic Enrollment Patterns

Hidden Geography of Online - All States

Friday Follow Up

Interesting Reads This Week

Hidden Geography Follow Up

The Hidden Geography of Online Higher Education

ASU Expansion in California

NC-SARA Exclusive Distance Ed: Why In-State vs. Out-of-State Changes the Story

Interesting Reads This Week

On the Regionality of Online Learning

The Data Behind High School Dual Enrollment

Interesting Reads This Week

Two Online Strategies, Not One: What the Data Now Show About Community Colleges

WGU Separates From the Pack, and Other IPEDS Observations

Fall 2024 IPEDS Data: Profile of US Higher Ed Online Education

Interesting Reads This Week

Interesting Reads This Week

New Information on Two Newsletter Themes

Interesting Reads This Week

The Unsung Builders of Online Learning; IU Online

Fall 2025 Enrollment Estimates

Ground-level Impacts of the Changing Landscape of Higher Education

Mid-week Follow Up

Interesting Reads This Week

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