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Evolution of the SIS – Comeback of Homegrown Systems
In the past year, we noticed something we had not imagined possible: homegrown student information systems are coming back. The question on everyone’s lips: why is that? Historical Market Share The market share of homegrown systems has decreased over the years. From about 5% in 2014 to 2% in 2022. It has been a slow ... Evolution of the SIS – Comeback of Homegrown Systems Read More
Learning Management Systems in Canada
This post is in its third iteration (2015; 2020, 2023). In 2020, we focused our graphs and analysis on historical implementation data. For this update, we look at the most current market shares in Canada’s LMS market. We also kept the historical market shares and new implementations as references for data fanatics. Canada has a ... Learning Management Systems in Canada Read More
What is the Outcome of Implementing New Admission CRMs… New Enrollments?
Since 2011, some 550 four-year public and private non-profit institutions, slightly more than 20% of the entire U.S. market, implemented at least one of the admission CRMs. These solutions have become increasingly common, especially with an ever-growing emphasis on enrollment and the need to modernize and operationalize complex enrollment management processes. As billed by the ... What is the Outcome of Implementing New Admission CRMs… New Enrollments? Read More
Are Universities Ready for a Subscription Model?
Over the past years, I’ve been thinking a lot about subscription models. Nowadays, we see this business structure for several services: video-on-demand, music streaming, even meal kits delivered to your porch. The continuous relationship between clients and providers is put at the forefront and remains central to this business structure. At ListEdTech, we have also ... Are Universities Ready for a Subscription Model? Read More
That’s a Wrap for 2022!
December is the ideal moment to recap what we have accomplished over the past year. At ListEdTech, this last month of the calendar year indicates how much we have grown our database since January. Looking back through the year, we are happy to see a larger coverage in numerous product categories. The following graphs show ... That’s a Wrap for 2022! Read More
SIS Market: Comparing Students in US 4-Year Institutions
We have written a good deal about the SIS market, particularly around the market share, as defined by the number of higher education institutions that a given solution works with and how schools of certain enrollment sizes tend to use particular vendors’ solutions. This post will look at the SIS market through a slightly different lens- the ... SIS Market: Comparing Students in US 4-Year Institutions Read More
The Transformation of the OPM Market
The Online Program Management (OPM) product category has changed in the past few years. Contrary to most product groups, the OPM market is now dominated by smaller players, grouped in the ‘Others’ in our graph jargon. Where are the previous leaders? Has the pandemic altered this category? Dr. Carl Sagan once said: “You have to ... The Transformation of the OPM Market Read More
RFP Data – Market Priorities
For the past couple of years, we have been tracking RFP data to help us better understand future trends in system implementations. Because of the nature of a request for proposals, this data also gives us an additional indicator of which institutions might change their systems, which is our core business. Since the first iteration ... RFP Data – Market Priorities Read More
Most Common SIS and LMS Used in Community Colleges
Community colleges are often an afterthought in the HigherEd world. Yet, in the United States, there are almost 1,500 institutions, and in Canada, a little over 200. These community colleges north of the 28th parallel register more than 5.5 million students. It is time to specifically showcase community colleges in a post. Today, we want ... Most Common SIS and LMS Used in Community Colleges Read More
The New Face of Finalsite
When Finalsite purchased Blackboard K-12’s product suite in mid-September, we finally got the answer to the question from September 2021: what is the fate of Blackboard’s non-LMS products? At the time of the purchase last year, we said that “[b]y merging with Blackboard, [Anthology] gains a robust LMS to complete its product offering.” But we ... The New Face of Finalsite Read More
Market Niches Can Change… But They Usually Don’t
We often believe that companies enter a product category and their client base remains the same over the years. Even if this is true for some companies, others see diversification in their client profiles. In the past, we have produced an analysis of SIS product niches. Today, we expand this analysis of market niches to ... Market Niches Can Change… But They Usually Don’t Read More
