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Are you prepared to recruit ‘Gen P’?

Here are three key insights for enrollment leaders about recruiting this new generation of students.
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The top 5 ways prospective graduate and adult learners are finding your programs

Our Adult Learner Recruitment team recently surveyed more than 3,800 graduate and adult learners to learn more about…
Adult Education Blog
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30 Student success priorities for the 2020s

This blog explores three major trends in student success and outlines 30 student success priorities for the 2020s.
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Most strategic plans fail to set useful goals. Why these mistakes make it impossible to meet institutional objectives.

This blog outlines the importance of clear strategic goals and identifies three most common failure paths for strategic…
Higher Education Strategy Blog

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  • Data & Analytics Blog

    How 76 data leaders are building better data governance

    Many colleges and universities approach data governance with the best intentions: they want to clean up their data, build data trust across campus, and make data-informed decisions. But without clear steps for approaching data governance, efforts can quickly lose steam. While many colleges and universities have long expressed a desire to become "data-informed," few have succeeded in achieving this goal.

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  • Community College Blog

    Are your dual enrollment students sticking around?

    Discover how to use technology to build a retention strategy for dual enrollment students beyond high school graduation. Learn how targeted campaigns, early alert systems, and personalized support can improve the student success of early college goers and position you as a top choice among the schools they are considering.

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  • Student Success Blog

    How to navigate policy challenges and show support for your trans students

    Explore three major challenges trans students face—and four things institutions can do to improve the college experience by reducing barriers.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    Why organizational change efforts fail (and how to make yours succeed)

    Many leaders understand the need for organizational change and assume it requires a complete overhaul of higher ed’s business model. But that’s not necessarily the case. The key lies in practical strategies that work with institutional culture rather than against it. We identified five essential lessons for achieving meaningful and lasting administrative transformation on campus.

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  • Enrollment Blog

    What students look for in a college—and how your virtual tour can help

    EAB’s latest insight paper explores the characteristics that most strongly influence a school’s ability to attract students, along with nine archetypical school personas. Virtual tours are a uniquely powerful tool for engaging today’s students, we explored how to align your virtual tour with your school’s persona for maximum impact.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    3 takeaways from university CBOs: Reflections from our recent leadership discussion

    This blog shares key takeaways on resilient leadership, financial scenario planning, and college athletics from our discussions with chief business officers.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    What 30+ rising higher education leaders learned in EAB’s fall 2024 fellowship

    EAB's Rising Higher Education Leadership Fellowship fall 2024 cohort tackled institutional challenges ranging across topics such as student retention, mental health, talent, and space planning.

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  • Adult Education Blog

    Over half of graduate enrollment staff are considering resigning—here’s what you can do about it

    Staff retention has always been a top priority for graduate enrollment leaders, but mounting challenges—such as the looming demographic cliff forecasting enrollment declines and a new presidential administration creating funding uncertainty—make retaining top talent both more difficult and more critical.

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  • Adult Education Blog

    Expanding your domestic student market

    International students played a major role in post-pandemic enrollment growth, but with the return of a Trump administration, uncertainty now looms for graduate and adult-serving enrollment leaders.

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