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Conversations with higher education leaders about online learning, the future, and the pandemic’s lasting impact on higher education. An interview with: Courtney Borton – Golden Gate University – Chief of Marketing, Vice Provost of Marketing & Enrollment Courtney Borton is a long-time higher education leader and marketer, with stints helping university clients at Pearson, University of Central Florida, University of Colorado System, and Golden Gate University. She excels at building all the marketing and enrollment elements that drive successful online student programs. Dr. George Rohde interviewed Courtney. Here are edited excerpts of her expertise, with a particular focus on the online operations

myFootpath and National Student Clearinghouse to Reengage More than 39 Million Students with Some College, No Credential CHICAGO, IL and HERNDON, VA – September 29, 2022 – More than 39 million Americans have some college, but no credential, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The “some college, no credential” population is up 3.1 million from nearly 36 million previously reported in 2019. The National Student Clearinghouse and myFootpath are partnering to bring these students back to college and help them earn a credential. Under this partnership, myFootpath will bring the Clearinghouse’s StudentTracker Premium Service to colleges and universities, at no charge

The National Digital Roundtable and myFootpath convened a group of experts to discuss successful reengagement strategies. This whitepaper highlights different tactics leading universities are using to reengage, reenroll, and rejuvenate stop-out students.

The steady growth in the six-year college completion rate started to slow down for full-time starters in fall 2014, and the rate declined notably for part-time starters. Full-time starters at community colleges earned a credential at the highest rate in six years (46.5% by year six), whereas the stop out rate increased sharply for their part-time counterparts from a year ago. The persistence disadvantage in part-time entering students appears to be worsening, with an increasing stop out rate early in their career. ✔️ Ready to learn more? Click here to view the research report: Yearly Success and Progress Rates

Enrollment continues to decline in fall 2022. Total enrollment, which includes both undergraduate and graduate students, fell a further 1.1 percent in fall 2022 compared to 2021, although the decline has slowed to pre-pandemic rates. ✔️ Ready to learn more? Click here to view the report: Fall 2022 Enrollment Declines

In the 2020-21 academic year, the total number of undergraduate credential earners increased by 1.1 percent, or 39,000 students, to 3.7 million graduates. After a brief standstill in the previous year, graduate numbers began to rise again. ✔️ Ready to learn more? Click here to view the report: Undergraduate Degree Earners

The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reports on the shifting transfer landscape during COVID-19 in a rapid response report series titled COVID-19 TRANSFER, MOBILITY, AND PROGRESS. On August 31, 2021, the Research Center issued a comprehensive annual report, revealing that American colleges lost nearly 200,000 transfer students in the first full year of the pandemic. ✔️ Ready to learn more? Click here to view the research report: Covid-19 Transfer, Mobility, and Progress

The Some College, No Credential (SCNC) report series seeks to understand the educational trajectories of millions of U.S. adults who left postsecondary education without receiving a postsecondary credential and are no longer enrolled. As the third in the series, this report identifies the levels of opportunity within each state for reengaging SCNC students in the postsecondary attainment pipeline by tracking SCNC student outcomes annually: “Reenrollment” after stop out, completion of “First Credential,” and “Perseverance” as indicated by continuous enrollment beyond first reenrollment. ✔️ Ready to learn more? Click here to view the research report: Some College, No Credential Student Outcomes

This white paper unravels the insights and implications of the factors that influence the learner’s path to and through post-secondary education. Preliminary research illustrates the need to better understand the shifting age demographic of the post-secondary student population — the median age has risen to 25 — causing a rise in the “confidence gap.” ✔️ Ready to learn more? Click here to view the White Paper: Marketing Higher Education to Nontraditional Students