For many colleges, the thought of adding new programs can be daunting. Adding new programs is expensive, time-consuming, and risky. With those obstacles in mind, is there ever an ideal time to launch new undergraduate degree programs? Yes, and that time is now. 

The decision to start new majors every year seems like it should be simple: according to sources like the Lumina Foundation, 93% of students list “available majors” as one of the most important reasons they choose a college (or don’t!). 

Every week, my inbox fills with annual reports and surveys offering insight into the latest trends in higher ed. Public sentiment surveys, provost or CFO surveys, campus attitudes toward technology, fastest-growing majors.

Rize Education is excited to partner with Forage to enhance career readiness opportunities at over 80 independent colleges in the Lower Cost Models Consortium. The partnership will give thousands of students across the country the ability to participate in free virtual job simulations with companies like Mastercard, KPMG, and Lululemon.

Last year, I met with the team at Gray Associates to learn about their program evaluation tools and consulting services. I was really impressed by how much insight I pulled out of a handful of interactions.

92% of students found courses to be as good or better than other online courses they have taken. 55% of students rated their course strictly better than other online courses...

Within the Rize Slack channels, Freakonomics Radio is a commonly shared podcast. So when Freakonomics recently announced a series on college, including what the future of college may look like, many of us eagerly listened in...

Faced with demographic changes, rising costs and competition from nontraditional providers, many private colleges must overcome significant headwinds to grow enrollment...

A hybrid campus is a university that provides student services most notably courses, but also career services, wellness, etc. using a blend of online and face-to-face delivery...

Introducing The College of the Future: Lowering Costs for Students by Fixing the Business Model of Higher Education, written by co-authors Kevin Harrington and Dr. Jeffrey R. Docking...

In the fall of 2021, a small team at Rize started The Rize Foundation to support our mission of reducing tuition while providing LCMC students with better pathways to rewarding careers...

At a high level, enrollment marketing services are a combination of content and strategies that help institutions market academic programs to prospective students. The goal of those strategies is to drive more applications and campus tours that will lead to increased enrollment...

From 2021 to 2022 we saw significant growth in LCMC members, shared program adoption, and student enrollment in consortium courses. The LCMC grew from 87 to 121 members, the number of collaborative programs approved by LCMC members more than doubled from 91 to 230 during 2021...