Online-education

Analysis of the growth and perils of online education

Labor market outcomes

May 2, 2026

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7 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

May Day, Mayday: Signals from a system under strain

Glenda Morgan

hei-finances

Apr 25, 2026

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6 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

Bad baselines, bad models, and bad decisions

Glenda Morgan

NC-SARA

Regional Public Universities and the Structure of Online Markets

Apr 21, 2026

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6 min read

Regional Public Universities and the Structure of Online Markets

Going online has not fixed their enrollment challenges

Glenda Morgan

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

EdTech Research

Mar 28, 2026

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10 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

Why misalignment can be a real drag on outcomes

Glenda Morgan

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

hei-finances

Mar 14, 2026

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14 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

When the evidence is not what it seems

Glenda Morgan

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

Online-education

Feb 21, 2026

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13 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

Money, mood, and the shape of AI in higher ed

Glenda Morgan

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

Microcredentials

Feb 7, 2026

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14 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

Three ways the higher education environment is changing

Glenda Morgan

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

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

hei-finances

Jan 10, 2026

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12 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

Reality check

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

EdTech Research

Dec 20, 2025

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13 min read

Interesting Reads This Week

Markets move, but learning is difficult

Glenda Morgan

Online-education

Dec 12, 2025

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7 min read

Friday Follow Up

Testing AI capabilities, what works and what doesn't, to analyze online learner surveys over the years

Phil Hill

Online-education

Interesting Reads This Week

Interesting Reads This Week

Regional Public Universities and the Structure of Online Markets

The Locality of Online Education: What the Data Actually Show

Interesting Reads This Week

A View of Online Institutional Geographic Enrollment Patterns

Hidden Geography of Online - All States

Interesting Reads This Week

Friday Follow Up

Interesting Reads This Week

Interesting Reads This Week

Hidden Geography Follow Up

The Hidden Geography of Online Higher Education

Interesting Reads This Week

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

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

Interesting Reads This Week

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

Friday Follow Up

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