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Higher ed marketing is having a moment. Here’s why.

Hear from five higher education marketing experts to discuss why higher ed marketing is having “a moment”—and what…
Higher Education Marketing Blog
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The enrollment recovery masks sharp divides

College enrollment has recovered, but smaller institutions lag behind. Explore enrollment trends by region and size and strategies…
Enrollment Blog
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How to keep human connection at the center of your campus AI strategy

Discover three strategies for using AI in higher education to improve student support, strengthen human connections, and drive…
Student Success Blog
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The “4S” challenges reshaping graduate and adult enrollment

Explore four challenges reshaping graduate enrollment and how institutions can adapt their recruitment strategies.
Adult Education Blog

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    Motivate faculty to contribute to student retention

    Retaining students is more than a financial question—it’s an ethical one. Retaining our first-year students means we make good on the promise of admission: that not only will we invite you to join our institution, we’ll provide support to ensure you can be successful. Faculty’s communication and relationships with students are key in getting students to stay and succeed in college.

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    Investments to improve student comfort, success, and retention

    Data supports that a number of students who transition from high school to college struggle in STEM fields. Paired with the financial cost of repeated courses, the emotional cost to struggling students, their families, and the faculty cognizant of these struggles tarnishes a student’s positive experiences pertaining to higher education. Universities should take an approach to meet students where they are at when they are accepted.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    Improve student success through digital and technological engagement

    Technology has played an increasingly important role in student success as student information technology, learning management systems, and other student success resources have evolved in the digital space. The pandemic increased higher education’s reliance on digital platforms for students to be able to access and engage with their campus support resources and educational opportunities.

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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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    Optimizing institutional resources for research growth

    This blog is focused on developing a menu of solutions to promote research growth. While the solution is multifaceted and some aspects are still under construction, this period of transition has resulted in a renewed sense of movement and excitement at institutions.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    How to explain facilities impacts at the institution level and obtain buy-in

    How can we better explain impacts of facilities at the institutional, unit, and division level and obtain buy-in with executive leaders? As part of this evaluation, we identified several opportunities for success.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    Rethinking the academic affairs organizational structure

    There are some considerations for rethinking the academic structure: functional alignment, institutional priorities, strategic altitude, and provost’s individual priorities. The provost needs to need to balance functional alignment with institutional and individual priorities. There are of course many other considerations such as timing, change management, and communications.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    How academic units can show alignment with and measure progress towards university goals

    This blog explores how one of EAB's rising higher education leaders fellows created a strategic plan data model. This model was used to evaluate goal progression and produce succinct reports showing CCI’s alignment with university goals.

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    Fiscal literacy for department chairs

    While management of financial resources is one of their top responsibilities, often department chairs who are charged with stewardship of a significant portion of the university’s resources are provided the least amount of training to do so.

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