Wed.Aug 28, 2024

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How Do Online Student Expectations Diverge and Converge Across Generations?

Ruffaloni

Over the last few years, RNL has reported that the online education market is in the midst of a generational transition. With our 2024 national study, we can firmly say that this transition—from “Gen X/Millennial” to “Millennial/Gen Z”—is complete. Today, all but 24 percent of online students are within this new demographic. We now need to understand whether this represents a seismic shift in how we market, position, recruit for, and organize our online programs, or a more nuanced one.

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Why Your School Needs a Strategic Enrollment Marketing Plan

Enrollment Catalyst

As a new school year has begun, the importance of having a well-crafted enrollment marketing plan cannot be overstated. With the ever-increasing competition in the educational landscape, school leaders must approach enrollment and marketing with a clear, strategic plan. Without one, your school risks falling behind, missing opportunities to connect with prospective families, and failing to meet your enrollment goals.

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Meet the 2024 BestColleges Black Women in STEM Scholarship Winners

BestColleges

Women account for almost 30% of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. However, the majority (66%) of those women are white. To help improve diversity in the field, BestColleges, for the second year in a row, is awarding $6,000 each to five Black women studying STEM fields to help fund their education. "After starting this scholarship last year, this second cycle did not disappoint, and we received more interest from high school students, undergraduate and gradua

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Partnership with ABCD to Strengthen Prison Education Program

#LetsBFRANK: The College Admissions Blog

Franklin Cummings Tech, Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. (ABCD), and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s School of Reentry (SOR) announced a joint initiative providing comprehensive support to individuals transitioning from incarceration to community. Through ABCD’s Bridges Returning Citizens Center and the college’s facilities and programming, students from the School of Reentry will have access to a tailored, comprehensive support system focuse

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Back to School Social Media Posts and Campaign Ideas

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Reading Time: 11 minutes The back-to-school season is a time of excitement and anticipation for students, parents, and educators alike. This crucial time presents the perfect opportunity for your school to connect with your community and reach out to prospective students. As you gear up for a new academic year, it’s essential to effectively utilize social media to engage your community and build excitement.

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A View from the Trashcan: Navigating College Fairs, Part 1

Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

I am not going to tell you how many college fairs I have attended in my 17 years in admission, but let’s put the over/under at A LOT. Why title this “a view from the trashcan”? I have not always worked for a college that begins with the letter G, which currently puts me in the middle of a college fair floorplan (colleges are usually arranged in alphabetical order—more on that later!).

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The FDA Approved New COVID-19 Vaccines. Should College Students Get One?

BestColleges

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved updated COVID-19 vaccines designed to target circulating variants. Public health experts recommend college students get an updated vaccine to reduce transmission of the virus and prevent hospitalization or death. The FDA projects the release of annual updated COVID-19 vaccines as the virus mutates, similar to the annual flu vaccine.

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Safest College Campuses in the U.S.

BestColleges

Data Summary Check In 2022, nearly 30,000 criminal offenses were reported across U.S. college campuses. Note Reference [1] Check All of the schools on our list provide the following resources: legal services, a health clinic, psychological counseling, a veterans' office, a women's center, an emergency telephone (available 24 hours), 24-hour security, late-night escort services, and electronic-operated dorm entrances.

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The Best Majors at the University of Pennsylvania

The Koppelman Group

The University of Pennsylvania, or Penn, is one of the most famous universities in the world and a member of the vaunted Ivy League. It is also the only Ivy League college with a business school that has a full undergraduate program. Across the university there are over 10,500 undergraduate students, and more than 90 undergraduate majors across 4 schools.

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Cutting Through the Noise: Effective Outreach Without the Spam

Niche

Having trouble getting your message in front of students? Are your engagements and conversions down? Most students say that colleges aren’t sending them relevant information. In this session, using a lens of the latest Niche research, we will explore: Trending Student Communication Preferences: Understand how communication trends are evolving among prospective students and what platforms they prefer.

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Phil Hill and the Unintended Consequences of Online Education Policy

Ruffaloni

Phil Hill The high point of my experiences at last month’s RNL National Conference was the fireside chat I led with EdTech blogger Phil Hill. As I said in my introduction, when I need to know about the latest developments in online education, I have come to rely on Phil’s research and analysis. Through the prism of one of Phil’s recent blogs on the “ enrollment turbulence ” facing institutions, our conversation focused on how proposed changes to three U.S.

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