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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…
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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    Optimizing the policy development process in the University of Wisconsin System

    This fellowship blog shares how the University of Wisconsin System worked to optimize the policy development process to best serve campus stakeholders and system-level policy owners who are responsible for policy content, implementation, and oversight.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    Supporting undergraduate research and challenging assumptions

    This fellowship blog outlines steps that universities can take to better support undergraduate research on campus.

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  • K-12 District Leadership Blog

    Manage divisive conversations and prevent flashpoints in your K-12 district

    Superintendents today are forced to contend with frequent, divisive issues that turn into districtwide flashpoints. Use EAB’s decision-making framework to break down your district’s flashpoints.

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  • Student Success Blog

    What You Need to Know About the Biden Administration’s Title IX Proposal

    The U.S. Education Department released its proposed changes on June 23rd, including reversals of many policies enacted by the previous administration. The new rules emphasize the importance of protecting victims of sexual harassment and discrimination and creating environments to easily report misconduct. The proposed updates are now open for a 60-day public comment and review period, and the date they will go into effect is still uncertain.

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  • Enrollment Blog

    3 tips to craft an enticing college profile page

    College search platforms like Cappex and Naviance are primary college research tools among Gen Z. In 2021, PowerSchool’s annual Naviance student survey found that 62% of Naviance students ranked the platform as their top resource for researching colleges. Optimizing your content on these platforms can have a strong impact on your recruitment goals, regardless of your size, location, or academic offerings. For many students, your college profile page is the first interaction they’ll have with you – so you need to make it count.

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  • Enrollment Blog

    How we’re reimagining the way students apply to college

    Teaming up with Concourse, we created Greenlight Match – a streamlined process that would help students find their college match, and help colleges recruit hundreds more students they might not have identified otherwise. The pilot exceeded our team’s and our partners’ expectations. This post reflects on how Greenlight Match started, the impressive impact from our pilot year, and a plan to expand in the 2022-2023 academic year.

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  • Community College Blog

    3 ways to combat the community college enrollment decline

    Community colleges are facing steeper pandemic-era enrollment drops than any other higher education segment. Learn 3 ways community colleges can invest their resources to enroll more students and retain the students they have.

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  • Student Success Blog

    What happens when you disaggregate your student success data?

    Untold campus insights are hiding in plain sight within our student success data. When leaders disaggregate data for a group, their needs become visible. This blog illustrates what happens when you disaggregate student success data through a case study from Carthage College.

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  • Enrollment Blog

    How Admissions Teams Should Navigate the Staffing Crisis

    Research shows enrollment teams are experiencing unprecedented staffing challenges. Learn how enrollment teams are navigating the admissions staffing crisis.

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