Ruffaloni
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Millions of online undergraduate and graduate students may have been undercounted. Having focused on the returning adult student for more than 20 years, I have often thought that 12-month (academic year) unduplicated headcount data better portray adult student participation in higher education than the fall snapshot data that is commonly used to understand of the “shape” of the market.
Ivy Central
DECEMBER 21, 2022
When you apply to your top choice college in the early application round you will get one of three responses, accepted (yippee), rejected (boo) or deferred (what?). In this article, I’m going to explore what it means if you are deferred and more importantly what to do about it. What is deferral? Deferral from a college means you are still in the game, the college has not rejected your application, rather that your application will be re-evaluated along with the applications they receive in the R
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Enrollment Builders
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
We at Enrollment Builders love in-person networking events. We're so glad that most higher ed organizations are hosting their admissions and enrollment management conferences in 2023. Now, almost three years after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down everything, it's starting to feel like "normal" again. We are grateful that conferences have mostly returned to business as usual.
Admissions Village
DECEMBER 20, 2022
What to do when you have been deferred from your ED or EA college? First, let’s talk about deferrals. Some colleges like Harvard and MIT defer the majority of students who apply. Harvard deferred 78% of the students who applied, and MIT deferred 68%. They will take very few of those students in the regular round. MIT said around 2%. Other colleges like Brown, Yale, and Northwestern defer a much smaller percentage of students.
Enrollment Catalyst
NOVEMBER 27, 2022
In my previous two blog posts, I discussed the Awareness and Consideration Phases of the Family Journey. This model has been developed by Andy Lynch, President and CEO of North Star Marketing. We will be using the framework of the Family Journey for our discussion at our Geeks on the Road Workshop in Orlando. 52 enrollment and marketing geeks from 29 schools in 15 states and 2 provinces will gather in Orlando for the first “Geeks on the Road” Workshop.
Georgia Tech Admissions Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2022
My daughter’s birthday party was last Friday. Long story short, it involved a frenzied and surprisingly competitive neighborhood- wide scavenger hunt, copious amounts of half- eaten pizza slices, a sugar fueled late-night living room dance party, and periodic tween screaming that hit notes any soprano would commend. Good times were had and only one slight injury occurred.
Shemmassian Academic Consulting
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Learn how much race matters when applying to medical schools and how diversity is achieved through admissions. The AAMC publishes annual data regarding medical school acceptance rates by race. Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Medical school acceptance rates by race Part 3: GPA and MCAT scores by race/ethnicity Part 4: Will race impact my admissions odds?
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The College Curators
OCTOBER 16, 2022
As the high school class of 2024 approaches college admissions, highly selective universities including The Ivy League, Stanford, Northwestern, and Boston University, all have announced that they will remain test.
Koodoos Learning
OCTOBER 9, 2022
The test-optional movement started almost 50 years ago at Bowdoin College, but in the past few years, more and more colleges have joined along. Recently, diversity concerns may have led to more colleges deciding to go test optional. According to a news release, University of San Francisco shares, “More than 1,000 accredited four-year colleges and universities in the U.S. that are now test-optional, according to the National Center for Fair and Open Testing.
College Kickstart
JUNE 28, 2022
Honors programs are a terrific way for academically talented students to reap the benefits of a liberal arts education within the context of a large research institution. To give you a better sense for how this can enrich your college experience, we’ve compiled a list of undergraduate honors programs from top public and private universities across the nation.
Ruffaloni
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
I’ve been reading Phil Hill’s excellent blog ( PhilOnEdTech ) for the last few years, and have wanted to talk with him many times. I finally picked up the phone to talk with him about a set of blogs he wrote about new data from IPEDS that indicate that they’ve been undercounting online students by almost 2 million students. I was so fascinated by the new data that I did some additional analysis myself in another blog , but watch my interview with Phil in this post.
Ivy Central
DECEMBER 14, 2022
I have been spending some of my time, in between meeting students, reading through the most recent edition of What Do Graduates Do? The annual publication looks at what graduates from UK universities are doing fifteen months after they graduate. This year's publication focuses on those students who graduated in the summer of 2020 and provides a wealth of information on what those students were doing.
Enrollment Builders
OCTOBER 19, 2022
There’s no shortage of leads coming to your higher ed admissions department every day, but your team still struggles to grow new student enrollment. They are overwhelmed and stressed. There’s overall dissatisfaction among your employees, which looks like high turnover or counselors with decades of seniority who now function as little more than seat warmers.
Admissions Village
DECEMBER 1, 2022
High school grades have been on a steady march upward throughout most of our lifetimes. In recent years, though, grade inflation has reached a tipping point where the reality is that even an A average is not a differentiating factor. Grade inflation is real. According to the Higher Education Research Institute’s Freshman Survey in 2020, 68.10% of first-year students at 4-year universities had an A or A- average in high school.
Enrollment Catalyst
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Once a family is enrolled in your school, the parent is in the evaluation phase of the Family Journey. Parents will validate their choice and determine if they have made the right decision. This Phase is focused on retention. Just because a family is enrolled today, doesn’t mean that they will continue their enrollment. Parents continually reflect on their experience in your school and evaluate the decision they’ve made.
The College Solutions Blog
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
What is the difference between a college and a university? I have always found it depressing and frustrating that few parents and teenagers know what the differences are between a college and university. And the differences are substantial. Americans use the terms college and university interchangeably, but these two types of higher-education institutions are quite different.
HEM (Higher Education Marketing)
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Reading Time: 10 minutes Creating the right content for social media can be a challenge for most schools. But an even bigger challenge is getting the response you want from your target audience. Some schools put a lot of time, effort, and creativity into their social media messages, but they just don’t seem to get the levels of engagement they want.
Spark Admissions
JULY 7, 2022
In recent years, Jesuit and Catholic universities in the United States have become increasingly popular among college applicants, including those who are not religious or follow faiths other than Catholicism. The reasons are myriad, and understandable: Catholic schools offer rigorous academics, a commitment to holistic education, intimate campus communities, extensive opportunities for service and career advancement, and a strong school spirit—which often includes competitive and nationally-reco
The College Curators
OCTOBER 16, 2022
Highly selective universities including The Ivy League, Stanford, Northwestern, and Boston University, all have announced that they will remain test optional through the high school class of 2024. We expect.
Koodoos Learning
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
As the name states, personal statements are inherently personal and meant to communicate your qualifications and show what kind of person you are. For this reason, each statement an admissions team member reads is uniquely different from any other, as it should be. That said, there are still some general do’s and don’ts to consider when writing your personal statement.
College Kickstart
JUNE 28, 2022
Honors programs are a terrific way for academically talented students to reap the benefits of a liberal arts education within the context of a large research institution. To give you a better sense for how this can enrich your college experience, we’ve compiled a list of undergraduate honors programs from top public and private universities across the nation.
Ruffaloni
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Institutional research can help you unlock enrollment insights. You call them when you need data. You rely upon them for information when conducting self-studies and when you go through accreditation reviews. But do they know what your department does and needs? Your campus partners in Institutional Research (IR) sit a virtual gold mine of data. As institutions have embraced technology platforms and systems, the additional data that is (or can be) available can unlock many hidden institutional s
Ivy Central
DECEMBER 7, 2022
How does it happen so fast, here we are in December and for many students it is already halfway through the academic year! Whether you are in Grades 9, 10, 11 or 12, it’s time to take stock of what you have achieved in recent months and plan for the key months ahead. While there is no ‘right’ way to prepare for applying to college, the pointers in this blog should help you keep on track.
Enrollment Builders
OCTOBER 10, 2022
“When enrollment is up, praise marketing. When enrollment is down, blame admissions.”. If you’ve heard this quip on your higher ed campus, chances are there is a strained relationship between those two offices. At most colleges and universities, the admissions office and marketing department are separate, having two distinct functions. The main goal of the marketing office is to generate awareness and interest for the institution’s brand.
Admissions Village
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Congratulations! You have been accepted to your Early Decision college!! We are so happy for you. We are, and you should be, so proud of all the hard work you have done to get to this point! What should you do now? 1) Celebrate - a lot!! 2) Next, you must remember that this offer is binding. You have committed to attending this college if you were accepted.
Enrollment Catalyst
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Join the Enrollment Marketing Geeks in Orlando, FL, to Map Out Your Enrollment Marketing Plan! Join Andy Lynch, President and CEO of North Star Marketing , and Dr. Rick Newberry, President of Enrollment Catalyst , for a two-day workshop that will revolutionize how your team plans and executes recruitment and retention marketing strategies. Wed, Nov 30 through Fri, Dec 2, 2022.
EAB
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Blogs. 700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Here’s what that could mean for your institution. Online students and other non-traditional audiences are increasingly an area of focus for institutions nationwide. But there is one large group of non-traditional students that’s been previously excluded: incarcerated students. Beginning July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell Grant eligible , enabling qualified students to pursue federally funded college edu
BestColleges
DECEMBER 22, 2022
College athletes have been able to profit off their name, image, and likeness since July 2021. This college football season was the second full season in which players have been able to make NIL deals. This year saw big bucks, unique partnerships, and the extension of NIL deals into private philanthropy. The college football landscape forever changed in 2021 when the NCAA implemented its policy allowing college athletes to make money off their name, image, and likeness (NIL).
Spark Admissions
JULY 7, 2022
Thanks to its strong research opportunities, exceptional co-op and career advising programs, and central location in Boston, Northeastern University has skyrocketed in popularity among college-bound high school students in recent years. As a result, Northeastern has initiated a number of “special admissions” programs that offer unique opportunities for students while also helping the university to manage their on-campus enrollment.
The College Curators
JULY 5, 2022
Do Colleges Track Demonstrated Interest? Simply put, colleges are trying to gauge how likely you are to enroll if they admit you. Some schools use demonstrated interest as a factor.
Koodoos Learning
AUGUST 22, 2022
Q: Can I talk about a mental illness on my college applications as a reason for a dip in my grades? A: As an on-again, off-again admissions reader, I’ve always been trained to take into account extenuating circumstances like an illness (in whatever form) or death in the family when evaluating an applicant’s profile. This type of info should be detailed in the additional information sections of your college application for sure, but can also serve as a main focus for the primary personal statemen
road2college
DECEMBER 30, 2022
There are many things the pandemic showed us, but one of the most significant is the importance of taking care. The post Supporting College Student Mental Health appeared first on Road2College.
Ruffaloni
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
We know that the college planning process is an intensive one for students and families, but how do they perceive the process? What are their needs, expectations, and challenges as they research potential schools? This was what we wanted to explore when we launched two studies this year: Prospective Family Engagement (conducted with CampusESP and Ardeo Education Solutions )—a survey of 6,400 families of prospective college students.
Ivy Central
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
In the last blog, I discussed Grade Point Average or GPA, how it is calculated and how it makes an essential contribution to the profile you present to colleges at application time. If colleges consider your GPA to be important, then you should too. In this blog, I will show you how the key to academic success is not dependent on being smart, rather it is about being disciplined and efficient in your study habits.
Enrollment Builders
OCTOBER 3, 2022
It may not seem obvious, but the request for information (RFI) forms on your college or university’s website can make or break your new student enrollment goals. Each of your RFI forms is one of the first interactions a prospective student has with your institution. They should: Be easy to locate and clearly marked. Be quick and easy to navigate and submit.
Admissions Village
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
As I write this I am reeling trying to comprehend how 7 students lost their lives on the UVA and U Idaho campuses last Sunday evening. It is just too much. My heart is with these families and campuses. I just returned from our national organization IECA’s fall conference in San Diego. When a group of admissions directors was asked who are the highest-risk students, the answer was ALL OF THEM!
Enrollment Catalyst
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Several months ago, Andy Lynch and I launched our Enrollment Marketing Geeks brand through a series of webinars. And now, we are building on this by offering our very first workshop in Orlando, FL, from November 30 to December 2. During this workshop, we will utilize the Family Journey as our guiding framework for enrollment marketing planning as we consider the processes and strategies you should implement at each phase.
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