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3 demographic trends shaping the future of graduate and adult enrollment

Here’s a closer look at the demographic trends shaping graduate and adult enrollment and the strategic actions graduate…
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Focus on email deliverability, not email delivery

Learn the difference between email delivery and email deliverability—and why confusing them can hurt your enrollment results.
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What the OBBB and the new Carnegie classification could mean for higher education accountability

The new Carnegie classification and One Big Beautiful Bill both spotlight post-college earnings. Could this become the new…
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4 higher ed alternative revenue ideas that won’t deliver—and what actually will

Discover four commonly suggested pursuits for revenue generation and their more promising alternatives.
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    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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    3 common challenges with academic program assessment

    EAB's Financial Sustainability Collaborative has worked with over 100 schools to help them structure their academic program assessment process, and that experience has provided us with some observations about the common challenges confronting schools undertaking academic program assessment.

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    Increasing campus climate survey response rate

    Bowling Green State University's most recent campus climate survey conducted had only a 9% response rate from students. Discover how they are planning they're next survey launch to increase responses and guide action on sexual violence prevention.

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    How can universities promote access to wellness resources for students?

    Leaders at Drake University and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay investigated how universities can promote access to wellness resources to all students. Discover what they found in their research at the micro-level (classroom setting) and the mezzo-level (university-wide).

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    How to communicate financial information to Gen Z students

    Communicating with Gen Z students about how to be financially responsible in college is as elusive as booming budgets in higher ed. Discover how the University of Colorado Denver and Minnesota State University Moorhead approach financial communication with students.

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    Finding and recruiting adult learners

    Universities throughout the country are facing the same issue—a dramatic decline in the number of high school graduates projected in 2025. COVID-19 has created additional enrollment instability and undergraduate enrollment is being negatively impacted at many institutions while there is growth in online and graduate programs which is accelerating the 2025 forecast.

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    Enhancing the attractiveness of joint undergraduate and graduate degrees

    The impending demographic cliff is creating undergraduate enrollment challenges, especially for institutions in the northeast, where my university is located. One strategy to offset the expected revenue decline is growing graduate enrollment, and an institution’s existing undergraduate students are a fruitful market to target. By saving time and money, joint undergraduate and graduate degrees are an attractive way to keep strong students on campus for an additional year.

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    Adult learners and strategies for success

    With a growing demand for education solutions for ‘adult learners’ and professionals looking to expand their education beyond the traditional PSE journey, our capstone project focused on identifying best practices and strategies for successful recruitment and retention of such adult learners.

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    Streamlining internal hiring processes and procedures through process improvement

    No matter what industry we are talking about, from fast food to Fortune 500 companies, everyone is feeling the strain of the pandemic and the “Great Resignation”. Higher education has been vastly impacted by this surge of resignations and small applicant pools. It is more important than ever that we focus our attention to talent acquisition and onboarding to attract and retain top quality employees.

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