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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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  • Data & Analytics Blog

    5 things campus leaders need to know about AI and machine learning

    To help executives make thoughtful recommendations on their decision-making journey, here are 5 things campus leaders must recognize before giving the green-light on a new data project

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  • Enrollment Blog

    4 ways your search marketing needs to evolve

    Here are four strategies enrollment leaders can adapt to evolve their search marketing and improve performance across the funnel.

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  • Student Success Blog

    How “Disney magic” can inspire higher ed to modernize the student experience

    Learn about the trends impacting student expectations and two lessons higher ed can learn from Disney’s Next Generation Experience project.

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  • Advancement Blog

    How community colleges attract major gifts

    Community colleges serve 41% of all undergraduates in the United States, yet just 1.5% of dollars raised in higher ed go to two-year institutions.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    5 Lessons from the Inaugural Financial Sustainability Collaborative

    In spring 2020, we brought together the inaugural cohort of the Financial Sustainability Collaborative (FSC). Thirty institutions gathered monthly and followed a four-month, EAB-created curriculum to confidentially discuss the myriad challenges associated with budgetary and financial perspectives within the academic enterprise.

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  • Adult Education Blog

    3 higher ed program design strategies to serve career changers and advancers

    In our most recent survey of 2,000-plus adult learners, 54% of respondents said they want to further their education to “advance in [their] career” or “change careers.” Especially as prospective adult learners reevaluate their professional, financial, and personal circumstances during and in the wake of COVID-19, institutions should pay careful attention to how they can update their programs to appeal to students seeking a career shift.

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  • Adult Education Blog

    Want to create flexible experiential learning opportunities for online students? Here's how.

    One way for enrollment leaders to set online programs apart is through well-designed experiential learning components. Use these three tactics to create flexible experiential learning opportunities in your online programs.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    Higher Ed is reaching a turning point in institutional reckoning

    EAB has launched a research initiative to support higher education leaders in their efforts toward institutional reckoning and racial healing. Our early conversations have revealed important lessons for institutions considering this work. Here are three that campus leaders should keep in mind along the way.

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  • Student Success Blog

    Bolster mental health support for graduate students this fall

    While many campuses have bolstered mental health support and promotion broadly in recent years, graduate students have too often been overlooked. Studies have shown that graduate students are six times more likely than the general population to experience depression and anxiety—but graduate students are rarely the focus of our outreach efforts.

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