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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…
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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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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    4 Lessons from University Presidents on Crisis Thinking and Resilient Leadership

    A crisis such as COVID-19 poses countless urgent decisions that are difficult for leaders to prioritize, often at the expense of long-term strategy. This fall, I sat down with more than two dozen college and university presidents for a roundtable discussion on avoiding the pitfalls of crisis thinking and building a culture of resilient leadership on campus.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    Essential guidance for exploring your institution’s legacies of racism

    University leaders are feeling increasing pressure to grapple with histories of racism embedded in physical and cultural artifacts on campuses. To better understand how higher ed is exploring and confronting histories of racism, EAB analyzed existing programs and initiatives from institutions across the United States and Canada.

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  • K-12 District Leadership Blog

    Changing parents means new expectations for independent schools

    EAB’s new approach for independent school parents includes rethinking which parents they invest the most time with and how they serve them. In doing so, schools can develop lasting partnerships with their parent communities that can yield dividends in their enrollment and advancement efforts.

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  • Adult Education Blog

    Launching tech graduate programs? Here’s how to make them stand out

    How can universities design tech programs to stand out in this increasingly competitive market? After advising more than 40 universities on technology programs in the past year through EAB’s Market Insights service, I can offer three ways to make your graduate technology programs stand out in a crowded market.

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  • Adult Education Blog

    What does the strong employer demand for speech-language pathologists mean for your university?

    Here's how your school capitalize on growing employer and student demand for speech-language pathology programs.

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  • Advancement Blog

    Before you rush to hire a new annual giving leader, make sure you are prepared

    The temptation is to settle by hiring whoever seems remotely qualified even if they are not what you were looking for. Sure, you may get lucky, but do you really want your important leadership hire to be based on chance? Don’t settle, and don’t give up hope!

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  • Student Success Blog

    A common equity blind spot: what higher ed leaders need to know about serving student-parents

    Learn more about supporting student-parents in higher education and what steps your institution can take to improve student parent equity in this Q&A with the CEO and founder of Generation Hope, an organization that works with student-parents and their children while nationally advocating for their needs.

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  • Enrollment Blog

    3 strategies to successfully recruit and enroll underrepresented students

    Closing the opportunity gap for students from first-generation, lower-income, BIPOC, and other underrepresentedidentities has been at the heart of College Greenlight’s mission since 2011. We have partnered with more than 1,500 college access organizations and schools that collectively serve 750,000 students each year.

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    3 holiday reminders to make the new year productive

    While normal alumni responsiveness may feel like the cold shoulder, these winter weeks aren’t hopeless. Quiet inboxes aren’t reason to cease activity but a sign to rest from your typical solicitation routine and find other ways to keep the relationship warm.

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