What if students didn’t have to wait 4 full-time years to increase their earning potential? What could a certificate-first degree path look like for an IT professional, for example?

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, Google’s 8-month IT support certificate program is designed to help train students for unfilled entry-level IT support staff roles, with a starting annual salary of $52,000 a year.

What if Catholic universities all shared their online courses together?

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, a few catholic universities have created their own consortium, all offering the same online master’s program in public administration, with mutually beneficial revenue splits, based on where the student is enrolled.

Should our online courses err on the side of uniformity or flexibility?

A behavioral economics “nudge” didn’t solve the college undermatching problem.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, the long term results of a College Board study aimed at increasing high-ability low-income students’ applications to selective institutions came back ineffective.

Is online education mostly a flexibility benefit for your local market?

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, the number of online students studying at an institution whose campus is within 50 miles of their home has gone up from 50% to a full two-thirds.

The best pathway to find new international students? International high school students already studying here.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, there were 81,191 international students studying at U.S. high schools in 2016 according to the Institute of International Education. These students are often paying high out-of-pocket tuition at U.S. boarding schools, and are an incredibly interesting revenue opportunity for U.S. colleges and universities.

Is the next enrollment growth spike going to come from low-income students? And if so, what does that mean for our existing student support services?

Reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, with more and more institutions looking to hit their enrollment numbers, new analysis by the Pew Research Center shows the least selective institutions have seen the greatest increase in low-income students.

The University of Wisconsin is teaching its undergraduate professors to teach.

Reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, many college professors are subject matter experts, but have little to no teacher training experience. The University of Wisconsin is attempting to solve for this by incorporating educational research and teacher training into its graduate programs in the hopes of improve undergraduate teaching at research universities.

Will the real digital learning badge please stand up?

For more than a decade now, higher ed has been waiting for “the” badge system that employers finally recognize for the proven mastery of alternative credentials and competencies.

Do we have an international enrollment growth crisis?

Reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, 83% of institutions cite the current visa-application process as a significant deterrent for international students, whose application and enrollment rates have declined for three years straight. More and more international students are now choosing more welcoming countries, selecting American institutions only 22% of the time, down from 28% in 2001.