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Strategic Enrollment Planning: A Q&A for Enrollment Managers

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For over a decade now I have led strategic enrollment planning work at RNL. In this post, I share some common questions I hear from campus leaders as a way to encourage you to attend RNL’s Strategic Enrollment Planning (SEP) Executive Forum , April 19-20 in Las Vegas. What are the building blocks of a strategic enrollment plan?

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5 Graduate and Online Enrollment Trends to Watch in 2024

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Traditional undergraduate challenges remain National Student Clearinghouse 2023 fall enrollment data indicate that undergraduate enrollment grew for the first time in several years (+2.1%), but nearly all growth was driven by community colleges (+4.6%) offering dual enrollment courses. Source: IPEDS degree conferral data.

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What Drives Graduate Student Enrollment Decisions?

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RNL graduate student data helps institutions better target graduate students Cost and flexible program options are two of the biggest enrollment factors. Do you know why your graduate students choose to enroll at your institution? Five observations 1. The cost of the program is a driving factor for students.

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Meeting Students Where They Are: An In-Depth Look at RNL’s Enable Service

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To her surprise, she is contacted within minutes about her interest and is then transferred to an ABC University enrollment coach, whom she will work with for the remainder of her experience. Enrollment focused, rather than being driven by lead generation We focus on enrollment data and not just lead generation.

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Addressing Community College Enrollment Concerns

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It is getting closer to the fall semester and your application numbers are below last year’s count. For each semester a former student is not enrolled, are they enrolled at another local school or just working? If a student “stops out,” what is the average time until their next term of enrollment?

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Is Online Education Really in Trouble? No, and Here Is Why!

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Their IPEDS snapshot data showcase how many students were enrolled in different types of programs on a given fall semester day. While these are important data, I have previously written that the best data on format preferences reflect enrollment over the full 12-month academic year. Undergraduate In 2022 more than 2.2

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Help Us Build Our Graduate and Online Research for 2023

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A survey of institutional enrollment leaders (people like you) about the level of difficulty in making the changes that would align policies and practices with what is most important and compelling to students. Classes are shorter than semester length. You can start the program at times other than the fall semester.

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