| FOR IMMEDIATE | | | | enrollment mushroom since working with Higher Ed |
| | | | | Holdings to increase access to some of its |
| CONTACT: Anna Martinez | | | | programs.” |
| Tuesday, June 16, | | | | Companies like Higher Ed Holdings and organizations |
| | | | | like the National Center for Academic Transformation |
| Phone: 214.438.4155 | | | | can provide a great service to brick and mortar |
| HIGHER ED HOLDINGS HELPING STATE | | | | institutions by helping them use technology to |
| UNIVERSITIES GAIN MARKET SHARE | | | | “transform” education. Schools that use the |
| DALLAS – An article posted yesterday by the | | | | services of Higher Ed Holdings are ready to expand |
| Chronicle of Higher Education suggests that higher | | | | their reach across existing geographic boundaries. The |
| education will be the next “bubble” to burst. | | | | online courses are built and moved online by the |
| The article reports skyrocketing tuition rates, room | | | | university faculty, and once programs are ready to |
| and board, and other fees have sent students and | | | | launch, instructors are equipped with a team of |
| parents searching for alternatives in community | | | | academic coaches who help coordinate the course, |
| colleges and online, nontraditional institutions. Higher Ed | | | | provide technical support, and help monitor the online |
| Holdings is at the forefront of helping some | | | | forums. Higher Ed Holdings also provides substantial |
| universities find alternative, affordable solutions for | | | | marketing and recruiting support for schools wanting |
| students and parents. | | | | to add online offerings. |
| In order to keep the bubble from bursting, as the | | | | The move toward online institutions is a growing |
| article suggests, institutions must find ways to | | | | trend, but not new. A report by the National Center |
| operate more efficiently and look for revenue | | | | for Public Policy and Higher Education called Measuring |
| sources outside of tuition. Moving courses online to | | | | Up 2008 says that the move online has been steadily |
| affordably increase student access to the institution | | | | increasing since the early 1990’s. The report also |
| is exactly what one state university in Beaumont, | | | | notes that more than 4 million students enrolled in an |
| Texas is doing through a partnership with Higher Ed | | | | online course in 2008, a statistic brick and mortar |
| Holdings. Lamar University moved its master’s | | | | higher education institutions can no longer ignore. |
| degrees in education online and “has seen its | | | | |