State of College Course Materials 2016-2017

METHODOLOGY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

Table: The Beloit College Mindset List, Class of 2021 (Most students born in 1999; selected facts)

CHAPTER 1: MARKET SIZE & STRUCTURE

INSTITUTION TYPES AND NUMBERS

For-Profit/Non-Profit Split among Private Institutions

Table 1.1: Degree-Granting Postsecondary Institutions, 2015-2016

Two-Year vs. Four-Year

Earning a BA at a Community College

WHERE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED

A Decade of Growth to One of Change

Table 1.2: Undergraduate Enrollment by Institution Type, 2000 vs. 2010 vs. 2015 (# in 000)

Full-Time vs. Part-Time

Student Demographics

For-Profits Try to Regain Footing

Table 1.3: Simba Information Career College Enrollment Index

Going Online Slowly

Table 1.5: Where Students Take at Least One Distance Education Course

DEGREES OF CHOICE

Table 1.6: Associate’s and Bachelor’s Degrees Awarded in 2014-2015 and Change from 2004-2005

CHAPTER 2: POLICY & FUNDING

INTRODUCTION

COSTS OF ATTENDING COLLEGE IN 2016-2017

Table 2.1: Tuition and Fees, 2016-2017 vs. 2015-2016

FEDERAL FOCUS: REDUCE SPENDING AND REGULATION

Year-Round Pell Grants Reinstated; GI Bill Updated

Protracted Review for Gainful Employment and Debt Repayment

Fiscal 2018 Budget Requests and Cuts

Table 2.2: Selected Proposed Federal Budget Items for Postsecondary education, FY 2016 – FY 2018P

STATES HEDGE ON HIGHER ED FUNDING; FREE TUITION PLANS INCREASE

Table 2.3: State Fiscal Support for Higher Education, FY 2017 vs. FY 2016

States Turn on the Free Tuition Switch

Table 2.4: Extent of Tuition-Free Programs across the States

CHAPTER 3: COURSE MATERIALS

INTRODUCTION

California Moves to Change Approach to Remediation in Math and English

STUDENT SPENDING ON IM CONTINUES TO DECLINE

Health Leads Student Spending on Course Materials

2016 WAS YEAR OF “SIGNIFICANT VOLATILITY” FOR PUBLISHERS

Table 3.1: Sales by Segment of Key College course Materials 2015-2017P

Segmenting Market Sales

The Decline of Print Textbooks

Digital Media Secures a Foothold in Higher Education

Table 3.2: Share of Media Used in College Courses, 2016

PUBLISHERS CONFRONT TOUGH MARKET CONDITIONS IN 2016

Table 3.3: Simba Information’s Leading College Publishers by Revenue, 2016 vs. 2015

Table 3.4: Publishers’ Higher Education Digital Metrics, 2016

Jockeying for Digital Position

Protecting Print Textbooks

CHAPTER 4: DISTRIBUTION

INTRODUCTION

THE COMPETITIVE CAMPUS STORE LANDSCAPE

Table 4.1: Campus Store Operators

Amazon and the Virtual Store

BOOKSTORES AND PUBLISHERS AS RIVALS

Publishers’ eCommerce Efforts

OpenStax Epitomizes OER Use

Publishers, Book Stores Adapt to OER

OER Impact on Publishers

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