Academic Partnerships’ White Paper Series
This white paper, by Jeffrey J. Selingo, provides a historical perspective of online education with crucial insights into the motivations and behaviors of today’s digitally driven learner – an emerging demographic in higher education. This guide is essential for universities who want to grow online enrollments.
Traditional universities can and will continue to play a critical role in this new era as long as they are willing to adapt and provide distinct pathways that give prospective students a choice in their education.
Key Findings:
- The Learner Revolution: both traditional and nontraditional students want to have more control over how, when, and where they learn.
- Traditional universities can and will continue to play a critical role in this new era as long as they are willing to adapt and provide distinct pathways that give students of all ages choices in their education.
- To succeed in the Learner Revolution, colleges need to harness data on student learning, segment their learners based on needs, and create more deliberate, innovative cultures.