The Pulse of Higher Ed

Perspectives on Online and Professional Education
from UPCEA’s Research and Consulting Experts

Staffing in Professional, Continuing, and Online Education Units

June 8, 2018

Recently, we identified gross revenue per employee increasing from $278K in 2014 to $311K in 2018. While the revenue side of equation decreased by almost 10%, the staffing part of the equation also decreased. A number of factors could be at play regarding staffing decreases during this time, such as: A shifting in some cases…

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Salary, Structure and Staffing Survey: Revenue Per Employee

May 25, 2018

As institutions of higher education enter an era of increasing accountability where the measurement of enrollments, research grants, endowments and other revenue sources are essential and expected reporting measures; professional, continuing and online (PCO) education units are also faced with similar accountability metrics as they plan for their own operations. From February to May 2018,…

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Beer, Weed, and College: Three Things That Shouldn’t Go Together?

May 11, 2018

What do beer, weed, and college have in common? It seems like an obvious answer, but for continuing educators, it means opportunity. With changing legislation, advances in sciences and more resources to establish small businesses, like the micro-brewery industry, the cannabis industry could also grow (no pun intended) and be fertile ground (pun intended) for…

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Aligning the Liberal Arts Degree to STEM and Gen Z

April 27, 2018

While the economies of the U.S. and other nations are moving to greater automation and technological growth, the role of the liberal arts degree is getting lost in the shuffle or being disparaged as being out of alignment with workforce growth.  The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) field is growing as a result of…

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UPCEA/Emsi Report – The Race is on for Blockchain Talent: How Higher Education Can Respond

March 6, 2018

New economies and ecosystems are moving at a rapid pace. Outside of a handful of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees, one could argue that higher education isn’t keeping up with the needs of a fast-moving economy. For some institutions, their response has been moving campus-based master’s degrees online or developing new online professional master’s degrees.…

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