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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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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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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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3 lessons to inform your test-optional enrollment strategy in 2022
At the start of the pandemic, many schools found themselves adopting a test-optional policy practically overnight. As someone who’s worked in just about every type of enrollment job – from being head of enrollment, to director of admissions processing, to a financial aid administrator – I know that this is no easy feat. Going test-optional has wide-reaching implications for your enrollment operations and strategy.
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Campus communication onboarding guide for new students
Effective institutional onboarding communication with new students is extremely challenging. However, if it’s done in a strategic manner, with the right timing, and includes all entities involved in the onboarding process, it can be one of the most powerful tools for student retention and persistence for incoming students at your institution.
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Tips for yielding first-generation and lower-income students
In this era of expanded test-optional policies, college application behaviors are more varied, making deposit decisions even less predictable for enrollment leaders. Students who graduated high school in 2021, especially first-generation and lower-income students, enrolled in college at a much lower rate than previous years. So, to increase your yield rate this year, it will be critical to address the unique needs of underserved students.
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High school counselors need support. Here’s how universities can help.
That perception came through clearly in EAB’s most recent high school guidance counselor survey. Following our 2020 survey where we learned how dramatically COVID-19 had impacted counselors’ work and the students they support, this year we checked in to see what had changed.
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2 changes to your admissions policies that can increase access and enrollment
The anger and frustration about entrenched racism and the systems that support it require that we take a different approach to fulfilling our nation’s promises of a better future. One of these is access to college and the many benefits that accrue to those who earn undergraduate degrees. Here are a few recommendations from the NACAC/NASFAA report and our EAB experts that can help colleges and universities improve access and grow enrollment among Black students and across the board.
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3 ways to engage admitted students on social media
As colleges grow their applicant pools, it can be harder for admissions teams to remain responsive to incoming students and their parents. Social media can be a low-resource tool for solving the problem.
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