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Solving the Enrollment Puzzle at a Small College

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How Elmira College Enrolled Their Best Class in 10 Years Despite FAFSA Fiascos and Campus Silos Dennis Kelly, Elmira College Dennis Kelly has seen a lot in his 30 years in higher education. Kelly stepped into the middle of a particularly challenging time for enrollment. Elmira is a small college in upstate New York.

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Winning the Enrollment Game: Metrics That Matter

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Knowing which enrollment metrics to monitor can give you a competitive edge. It’s almost impossible not to know about the “enrollment cliff” (although there may be a second cliff after the one we’re already expecting). The pressure to enroll more students and drive revenue is unparalleled for this group of campus leaders.

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Driving Enrollment With Personalized Videos

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How do you also see a great return on your investment by producing personalized video that also moves students along their enrollment journey and ultimately gets them to enroll at your institution? Students who watch personalized videos are 12 times more likely to enroll Here are two videos from our campus partners.

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How Do You Build Sustainable Long-Term Enrollment? Plan for It

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What is the best way to ensure a healthy enrollment outlook? Planning: holistic strategic enrollment planning. Every president and campus leader knows that enrollment growth (or in some cases stabilization) is crucial to the financial viability of their university. That thing is true Strategic Enrollment Planning (SEP).

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Cross-Training Enrollment Staff Today to Avoid the Employment Cliff Tomorrow

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In my last blog, Creating an Environment for Success , I shared strategies that enrollment leaders should employ to effectively manage their teams while meeting the challenges brought by declining student enrollment. will need to give way to holistically trained enrollment staff who can work across silos to achieve institutional goals.

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Most Students Would Consider Transferring if Their College Abolished DEI Initiatives: Survey

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Over half of students (55%) would consider transferring if their college were to abolish diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Even more students (59%) say that if a college they were considering had abolished DEI initiatives, it would have impacted their decision to enroll.

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UT-Austin External Transfer Admissions Guide

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Note: this post is for External Transfers who are not UT students. Current UT students wanting to change their major or internally transfer can consult this post. Public Service Announcement: Enrolling at Austin Community College (ACC) does not improve your UT transfer chances. Many transfer students are nontraditional.