The New Rules of Engagement for Enrolling Today’s Adult Learners
After decades of steady expansion, graduate enrollment is slowing dramatically. For enrollment and marketing teams—many of whom are already stretched thin by budget cuts and hiring freezes—the pressure to deliver results has never been greater. At the same time, the ground beneath graduate education is shifting quickly. Federal policy changes, volatile international demand, intensifying competition, and the looming demographic cliff are reshaping the market. Meanwhile, the rapid rise of AI is upending Paid Search strategies and redefining both employer needs and adult learner expectations.
The result: a graduate and adult learner landscape transformed—and an urgent need for institutions to rethink how they attract, serve, and retain this critical population.
Read this insight paper for four insights to help you effectively adapt your enrollment strategies to meet shifting student search behavior, application preferences, and market realities and answer questions like:
- What motivates graduate and adult learners to further their education?
- How do prospective graduate and adult students search for programs, and how has search behavior changed over time?
- What factors are most important in graduate and adult learners’ enrollment decisions?
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