{"id":93277,"date":"2024-10-17T10:14:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T14:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=93277"},"modified":"2024-10-17T10:15:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T14:15:54","slug":"new-study-reveals-keys-to-re-engaging-the-41-9-million-americans-with-some-college-but-no-credential-straighterline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2024\/10\/17\/new-study-reveals-keys-to-re-engaging-the-41-9-million-americans-with-some-college-but-no-credential-straighterline\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study Reveals Keys to Re-Engaging the 41.9 Million Americans with Some College, but No Credential [StraighterLine]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2024\/10\/15\/2963448\/0\/en\/New-Study-Reveals-Keys-to-Re-Engaging-the-41-9-Million-Americans-with-Some-College-but-No-Credential.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>New Study Reveals Keys to Re-Engaging the 41.9 Million Americans with Some College, but No Credential<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from globenewswire.com by StraighterLine<br \/>\n<em>Students\u2019 Perception of the Value of a Degree Drops 50% After Stopping Out<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Findings Included:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Financial Barriers Remain Significant.<\/strong>\u00a058% of respondents note their current financial situation would not allow them to afford college tuition and related expenses. 72% cite affordable tuition or cost of the program as a necessary factor for re-enrollment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shifting Perceptions of Degree Value.\u00a0<\/strong>While 84% of respondents believed they needed a degree to achieve their professional goals before first enrolling, only 34% still hold that belief.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trust Deficit in Higher Education.<\/strong>\u00a0Only 42% of respondents agree that colleges and universities are trustworthy, underscoring a trust deficit that institutions must address.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Motivators for Re-enrollment.<\/strong>\u00a0Salary improvement (53%), personal goals (44%), and career change (38%) are the top motivators for potential re-enrollment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Predicting Readiness to Re-enroll.<\/strong>\u00a0The top three factors predicting adult learners\u2019 readiness to re-enroll are mental resilience and routine readiness, positive opinions on institutional trustworthiness and communication, and belief in the value of a degree.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Communication Preferences.\u00a0<\/strong>86% of respondents prefer email communication when inquiring about programs, with minimal interest in chatbots (6%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Study Reveals Keys to Re-Engaging the 41.9 Million Americans with Some College, but No Credential &#8212; from globenewswire.com by StraighterLine Students\u2019 Perception of the Value of a Degree Drops 50% After Stopping Out Key Findings Included: Financial Barriers Remain Significant.\u00a058% of respondents note their current financial situation would not allow them to afford college [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[374,174,86,209,115,433,302,57,141,3,7,480,66,321,214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-learning","category-career-development","category-change","category-changing-business-models","category-colleges","category-communications","category-community-colleges","category-cost-of-getting-a-degree","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-higher-education","category-learning-ecosystem","category-society","category-student-related","category-united-states","category-universities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93277"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93280,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93277\/revisions\/93280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}