Data in this report reflect responses from 64 four-year public institutions that collectively enroll approximately 718,149 undergraduate students (according to data reported to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)). Respondents participated in the Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL) national electronic poll of "Effective Practices…

This poll was conducted between November 8-12, 2023 among a sample of 2,260 Adults. The interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of Adults based on gender, educational attainment, age, race, and region. This report highlights: (1) views on K-12 education; (2) schooling and experiences in K-12…

Data in this report reflect responses from 86 four-year private institutions that collectively enroll approximately 261,189 undergraduate students (according to data reported to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)). Respondents participated in the Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL) national electronic poll of "Effective…

Since 2020, learning in higher education has been transformed by digitisation. Digital learning is not a new phenomenon, but its adoption by higher education institutions was accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The shift towards digitisation and online learning offers significant advantages. Making content available online and throughout the…

Data in this report reflect responses from 296 four-year and two-year colleges and universities that collectively enroll approximately 1,700,000 undergraduate students (according to data reported to IPEDS). Respondents participated in the Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL) national electronic poll of Effective Practices for Student Success, Retention, and…

The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) is pleased to partner with National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) in conducting our first admissions practice survey. Admissions practices evolve over time as the profession matures, the recruitment landscape changes, and new technologies…

Module A of the OECD Higher Education Policy Survey (HEPS) 2022 elicited information on policies to promote digitalisation of higher education in OECD member and accession countries. In total, 30 jurisdictions responded, providing comparative information on various areas of digitalisation policy, from regulation and governance to financial and…

As the student search process becomes more digitally driven, are colleges and universities aligning their marketing and recruitment practices with the students they are targeting? This college recruitment practices report discusses which strategies and practices are most used and rated as the most effective. This report surveyed 151 four-year…

A common use of technology in higher education is the provision of online course materials, invoking an investigation of the ways in which students engage with online course content, and how their participation changes over time. This is particularly necessary in the context of high absenteeism from lectures, where online access may be the only…

With the continued support of membership, this is the fourth year that American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) has conducted 60-Second Surveys. The purpose of these snapshot surveys is to gather a broad-brush stroke perspective on practice. With that in mind, it is understood that the way the questions are…

The 2017 "Digital Literacy Impact Study: An NMC Horizon Project Strategic Brief" examines how digital literacy training in higher education affects the occupational success of postgraduate learners as they enter the workforce. Supported by Adobe, the aim of this research is to understand how the digital learning experiences that college…

What is the competition doing? How is technology changing things? And where are the gaps in today's outreach? To explore these questions, undergraduate officials from a broad cross-section of colleges and universities participated in a spring 2018 poll to produce this report. Data in this report reflect responses from 115 nonprofit four-year…

The March 2019 60-Second survey focused on student success at the behest of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) working group of the same. The student success work group was charged by the AACRAO board to investigate, research, and explore student success from the perspective of enrollment management…

In Europe today, almost every higher education institution uses digitally enhanced learning and teaching. Since EUA began exploring this topic in 2013, digitally enhanced learning and teaching has been further embraced by higher education institutions across Europe, with general acceptance growing and institutions widely acknowledging the benefits…

This brief report uses data collected under the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Fall Enrollment survey to highlight distance education data in the state of Virginia. The sample for this analysis is comprised of all active, degree-granting…