Driving Toward a Degree 2025: Delivering Value and Ensuring Viability
August 13, 2025 PapersCareer Readiness and Financial Pressures at the Forefront of Student Support Tyton Partners, with support from the Lumina…
Tyton Partners, with support from the Gates Foundation and McGraw Hill Education, and additional contributions from D2L, has released Time for Class 2025: Empowering Educators, Engaging Students. This latest report in Tyton’s annual series examines how higher education is responding to the rapid rise of generative AI, deepening student engagement challenges, and shifting expectations around flexibility and support.
The research is grounded in responses from over 3,300 students, instructors, and administrators across more than 900 U.S. colleges and universities. It focuses on introductory and developmental courses, where high-impact teaching and timely student support are essential to success.
Time for Class 2025 offers a close look at how digital learning is evolving from a content delivery solution to a broader enabler of connection, insight, and persistence. It underscores the need for institutions and solution providers to adapt quickly, shaping tools, practices, and policies that better meet today’s student and faculty needs.
Key insights from the report include: