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Get the latest insights from EAB experts on a variety of topics and terrains from enrollment to student success to K-12 education to higher education strategy and beyond.

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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.
Enrollment Blog
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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.
Student Success Blog
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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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  • Community College Blog

    5 ways to support rural student success

    Students in rural areas face distinct challenges in higher education. Learn about those challenges and 5 ways community colleges offer innovative services to support rural student success.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    The time is right to prioritize administrative efficiency

    To help institutions quickly surface and size meaningful savings opportunities, EAB is launching the Financial Sustainability Collaborative for Administrative and Organizational Effectiveness. Our innovative collaborative model convenes a cohort of institutions to tackle the complex terrain of administrative efficiency and effectiveness together.

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  • Data & Analytics Blog

    6 steps to build a predictive model

    If you use data in any capacity at all, you’re already preparing to build a model. Learn the 6 steps to design a predictive model and see which steps you've already completed.

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  • Adult Education Blog,Enrollment Blog,Student Success Blog

    Celebrating 100 Episodes of EAB Office Hours Podcast

    As we approach the 100th episode of the podcast (featuring a conversation with Inside Higher Ed Editor, Scott Jaschik, which will air on April 19) we wanted to share some of our favorite episodes with you. We hope you enjoy listening to them as much as enjoyed making them.

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  • Enrollment Blog

    Best Practices for Virtual Events

    As a former admissions counselor, I can attest that the rapid transition to virtual recruitment was anything but easy. Seemingly overnight, the pandemic forced us to convert decades’ worth of tried-and-true recruitment tactics into digital alternatives. Schools have seen varying degrees of success with their efforts, but one thing is for certain – virtual events are here to stay.

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  • Student Success Blog

    Transfer students are key to recovering lost pandemic enrollment. Here are three ways you can improve transfer access.

    Transfer students can help offset the effects of the enrollment contraction most colleges and universities have experienced during the pandemic. This blog outlines recent transfer trends in higher education and offers three ways to improve transfer access.

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  • Adult Education Blog

    Launching a first-of-its-kind online program? Use these two strategies.

    Even before the pandemic, enrollment in online graduate programs was increasing 6.7% on average annually. And during the COVID-19, enrollment in online graduate programs has surged, increasing 63% from 2019 to 2020. This growing demand for online delivery is pushing some leaders of graduate and adult-serving programs to adapt programs historically only offered in-person for online or hybrid formats.

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  • Enrollment Blog

    6 proven ways to boost your college enrollment

    From our extensive testing, we've identified six tried-and-true college enrollment best practices proven to work.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    Building the “FirstGen Presidential Fellows” program at Bentley University

    Discover how Bentley University launched the "FirstGen Presidential Fellows" program to support first-generation students from under-represented groups.

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