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The real demographic crisis isn't national—it's regional

For years, enrollment leaders have planned around the long-anticipated ‘demographic cliff’ of 2025, which is when we expect…
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What are students asking university chatbots?

Discover how student chatbot data from EAB’s Navigate360 reveals real student needs—and how AI can close support gaps…
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What higher ed can learn from these successful academic program revitalizations

Three schools demonstrate how to successfully revamp academic programs—and which strategies can be used to strengthen your own…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
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Preparing for the end of Grad PLUS: 4 strategies to rethink graduate cost and aid

For enrollment leaders interested in building out their financial aid strategy for graduate and professional programs, here are…
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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Adult Education Blog

    How to structure your professional and adult education team to drive revenue

    Here are three recommendations for strong organizational design that will help you drive revenue.

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  • Enrollment Blog

    Is the recruitment funnel gone for good?

    It has become abundantly that the old ways of describing recruitment as something linear, like a funnel, no longer capture the complexity of students’ college search experiences. Here are three things enrollment leaders need to thrive in this new recruitment ecosystem.

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