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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…
Adult Education Blog
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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.
Enrollment Blog
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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…
Student Success Blog
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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.
Higher Education Strategy Blog

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    Five things campus leaders need to know about integration

    Without accurate, meaningful, actionable data moving between campus IT systems, their utility is drastically reduced. To reframe integration as a competitive differentiator rather than an inescapable cost, IT leaders should make five integration facts clear on their campus.

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  • What contributes to rising college costs?

    Many higher education institutions face increased public scrutiny around costs. In responding to critics, higher education leaders must not only bust myths about the high cost of campus amenities.

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  • Community College Blog

    Design an early alert system faculty will actually use

    Whether designing your new early alert system or evaluating your current system, there are guidelines to follow to help your institution improve its use of early alert systems.

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  • Student Success Blog

    Summer to-do list for behavioral intervention teams

    This four-item checklist will help you evaluate your campus BIT.

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  • Student Success Blog

    Want to retain more students? Process map the student experience to find hidden pain points

    In this post, we highlight reactions to some of the unintentional barriers to completion that colleges put in front of the student experience.

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  • Community College Blog,Student Success Blog

    What we can learn from Guided Pathways skeptics

    Behind the scenes, many college leaders express feelings of anxiety about implementing an ambitious new model for student success on their campuses that they felt ill-prepared to execute, or at least execute well.

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  • Student Success Blog

    Data literacy and student success

    There is a connection between data literacy and student success by way of the faculty and staff. In my work with members of EAB’s Student Success Collaborative, data literacy has come up time and again as one of the biggest barriers to their vision of a data-enabled campus, especially when it comes to decision-making to promote student outcomes.

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  • Community College Blog

    Why federal financial aid isn’t enough for college students

    What’s more personal than money? The dollar bill, dinero, dough, or green—no matter what you call it, money (or the lack of it) can make your life great, manageable, or downright tough. As one who has experienced the highs and lows of cash, I’ve seen how finances can cause people to withdraw from life or, on the flipside, find creative ways to get the resources they need.

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  • Student Success Blog

    How does a four year degree become a six-and-a-half year degree?

    It’s no secret that college costs a lot. One good way to help minimize the expense is to do everything in our power to shorten the total time it takes for students to get a degree. We might not have much latitude to reduce the price of a year’s tuition, but we can absolutely do more to control the total amount that an individual student pays by reducing unnecessary delays and roadblocks along the path to getting a degree.

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