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The real demographic crisis isn't national—it's regional

For years, enrollment leaders have planned around the long-anticipated ‘demographic cliff’ of 2025, which is when we expect…
Enrollment Blog
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What are students asking university chatbots?

Discover how student chatbot data from EAB’s Navigate360 reveals real student needs—and how AI can close support gaps…
Student Success Blog
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What higher ed can learn from these successful academic program revitalizations

Three schools demonstrate how to successfully revamp academic programs—and which strategies can be used to strengthen your own…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
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Preparing for the end of Grad PLUS: 4 strategies to rethink graduate cost and aid

For enrollment leaders interested in building out their financial aid strategy for graduate and professional programs, here are…
Adult Education Blog

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  • Enrollment Blog

    18 more ideas for engaging admitted students (from the cutting room floor)

    Across the country, the yield rates of admitted students have been declining for most institutions for years, as students apply to larger numbers of colleges and competition among schools becomes ever-fiercer. Read our blog for 18 ideas for improved yield communications.

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  • Data & Analytics Blog

    Aiming for optimum resource allocation? Prevent unintentionally small classes.

    Not all small classes are purposely designed to be small. And unintentionally very small courses represent a large investment—so they’re a particularly meaningful segment to reevaluate for optimal resource allocation. See two strategies to monitor and combat unintentionally small classes.

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  • Data & Analytics Blog

    7 behaviors that guarantee inaccurate course capacities

    The maximum enrollment capacity, or max cap, of a class is used to calculate fill rates. But these seven common behaviors can lead to inaccurate max caps, often resulting in bottleneck courses or underfilled courses. Learn how you can ensure accurate max caps at your campus.

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  • Data & Analytics Blog

    Improve your IT talent pool with candidate-centric recruiting

    In today's competitive hiring environment, having a strong employer brand is important to attract the best IT talent, including in higher ed. Creating candidate-focused job descriptions, "get to know us" job sites, and customized on-campus experiences will increase recruitment success in competitive talent pools.

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  • Adult Education Blog

    Ask these 3 questions to design student-centric credentials

    Consider these three questions to encourage program completion and reduce future headaches for COE teams.

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  • Community College Blog

    Beyond access: How to deliver on your college’s promise program

    With over 200 communities across 44 states offering College Promise Programs, the urgency to improve retention and graduation is greater than ever. While Promise Programs provide unparalleled access for underrepresented populations, they must be paired with equal attention to student success. Learn how technology and accountability standards can help us keep our promise to students.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    These instructional capacity metrics are outdated. Here’s what to use instead

    Learn three outdated instructional capacity metrics and three new analyses that better reflect the new realities of higher education and the everyday experiences of students and faculty.

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  • Adult Education Blog

    Why paid search doesn’t have to break your graduate program’s marketing budget

    While most colleges and universities know paid search is valuable for engaging prospective graduate students, many don’t realize they’re overpaying for clicks. Or if they do, they aren’t sure how to bring costs down. Learn five cost-effective rules for paid search.

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  • Community College Blog

    Worried about summer melt? Here’s how to fight it.

    Summer melt season is here—when enrolled students fail to show up on campus come fall. Learn four rules to combat this trend with nudges to keep community college students on track.

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