The Pulse of Higher Ed

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

Overlooked and Excluded: PCO learner data and learner records

March 18, 2022

Co-authored with Julie Uranis, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Online and Strategic Initiatives, UPCEA Comprehensive Learner Records (CLRs) and Learning and Employment Records (LERs) could dramatically change the landscape of postsecondary learning. CLRs and LERs detail an individual’s educational achievements, inclusive of credit-bearing courses, programs and co-curricular activities; noncredit learning; and other training. They are more…

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A Look into the Future through the Lens of the Winter Olympics

February 11, 2022

The Olympics was created to foster global peace through competition. It has, over the years, adapted to changes in societal interest and needs. While the original Olympics was held nearly 3,000 years ago, the modern games are just over a century old. During this relatively short period of time, the games have changed in many…

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Outlook for 2022: 10 Trends to Consider for Professional, Continuing and Online (PCO) Education

January 14, 2022

In 2021, the higher education community was hoping for recovery and a return to some form of normalcy after the upheaval of 2020. That did not happen as the COVID-19 global pandemic continued to rage on throughout the U.S. and the rest of the world, creating uncertainty and instability, affecting both domestic and global markets.…

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Don’t miss these recent research studies from CRS

December 21, 2021

The Center for Research and Strategy has recently completed some exciting new research with a few of our corporate partners on different facets of today’s (and tomorrow’s) learners. While each of these efforts provide their own unique benefit, the suite of reports can be leveraged to better inform decision making for institutions moving forward.   …

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The End of the “Traditional Students” as We Know Them

December 13, 2021

Demographics show that our society will become more diverse.  Students in the future will not only be more diverse by nature, but also by situation.  This might mean they have to balance work and family with education or that they have previously disengaged with a college. Over the past decade, colleges and universities struggled, yet…

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