BestColleges

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Graduate student workers at USC have voted to form a union. Graduate student workers at the University of Southern California (USC) have voted to unionize. By an incredible 93% margin, a vote of 1599 Yes to 122 No, USC Graduate Student Workers have voted resoundingly in favor of forming our union, GSWOC-UAW!

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Over 3,000 graduate student workers signed union cards to support the unionization effort. Among other things, organizers hope to negotiate a living wage for all student workers. Students at Johns Hopkins University hope to be the next in a wave of graduate student unions across the U.S.

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BestColleges

MARCH 14, 2023

Graduate students at Temple University voted to approve a new collective bargaining agreement with the university, ending a 42-day strike. The Temple University Graduate Students' Association (TUGSA) on Mar. The new four-year agreement goes into effect immediately and includes significant wage increases.

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EAB

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Blogs 4 takeaways from marketing to graduate students in 2023—and predictions for 2024 Insights from a former higher ed CMO I recently returned from the Windy City, where I attended the American Marketing Association ’s (AMA) annual higher ed symposium. Here’s what they shared.

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BestColleges

APRIL 4, 2023

Graduate student employees at the University of Michigan (U-M) went on strike at the end of March, demanding better wages, healthcare benefits, and working environments. The graduate student union at U-M started their strike last Wednesday with a rally on the Diag, U-M's central open space, according to a press release.

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The Enrollment Marketer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

What this content allows them to do is attract prospective graduate students who may not even be set on a program or university. For example, they created A Guide to Financing Graduate School that isn’t just about them, but references all of the major steps and options available to someone pursuing a graduate degree.

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Niche

JUNE 23, 2023

We discussed some of the overall trends in graduate recruitment as well as three tactical insights and answered audience questions. Want to keep updated about the blog? Sign up for the newsletter! This is a recording of a Niche webinar discussing the results of the 3rd annual Niche Grad Searcher Survey.

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Heller Admissions Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Ronunique Clark, MPP’23 Graduation is a little less than a month away, and I am not sure if the time is moving faster or slower… but it is moving! When I began my journey to graduate school, it was a stressful one. I questioned myself a lot: is this the right move? Should I just wait another year or so?

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Ruffaloni

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Millions of online undergraduate and graduate students may have been undercounted. Because online and graduate students are less committed to starting in the fall. The fall enrollment snapshot that we have relied on is undercounting online student by 75 percent among undergraduates and 44 percent among graduate students.

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Ruffaloni

DECEMBER 6, 2023

By focusing on graduate students’ primary motivations and concerns, we partnered with MSU to create a winning campaign to attract prospective students to the world-leading nuclear science lab. How can you create winning connections with students? Talk to us today.

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Ruffaloni

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

RNL recently completed two national surveys asking students to share their preferences regarding communication. These two reports represent the very latest in research on new college student communication preferences and highlight several themes representing strategic must-dos for institutions to better engage with their audiences.

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Ruffaloni

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Graduate students are more likely to enroll at the program that admits them first. Because we have never served a generation of students whose expectations were more specific (read our 2023 Graduate Student Recruitment Report to learn what students expect).

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Ruffaloni

MARCH 30, 2023

Enrollment factors for graduate students In the survey, students are asked to indicate the level of importance they assign to a variety of potential factors in their decision to enroll.

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Ruffaloni

AUGUST 30, 2023

Regardless of the common misperception that prospective graduate students do not click on digital ads, they do click, and therefore digital lead generation really does work. I wrote on just this topic in RNL’s recently released RNL 2023 Graduate Student Recruitment Report. The answer?

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Ruffaloni

JANUARY 25, 2024

Talk with our graduate and online enrollment experts Ask for a free consultation with us. We’ll help you assess your market and develop the optimal strategies for your prospective graduate students and online learners. million undergraduate students first enrolled at times other than the traditional fall semester.

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Ruffaloni

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In fact, according to RNL’s 2023 E-Expectations Trend Report , college and university websites are the single most utilized resource for students—and 58 percent of undergraduate students use search engines to find a college’s website.

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Ruffaloni

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

RNL offers national data to help optimize enrollment success RNL’s 2023 Graduate Student Recruitment Report reveals a key motivation for graduate students is the desire for career advancement. Flexibility is another crucial factor for graduate students.

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Ruffaloni

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Graduate students were far more likely to return to their pre-pandemic format in 2021. In the chart above, we see that while 638,000 additional graduate students were pushed into all online (or “emergency remote”) courses in fall 2020, only 349,000 of them decided not to continue in this format in fall 2021.

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Ruffaloni

JUNE 28, 2023

Given the fact that millions of students were forced into online (or emergency remote) instruction, the most important issue will likely be the instructional format choices of graduate students. All F2F led in 2021 by just 113,000 students compared with 776,000 in 2019. percent between 2020 and 2021.

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Ruffaloni

OCTOBER 26, 2023

They are among the 15 institutions enrolling the largest numbers of graduate students in the United States. percent reported graduate growth. These new students expect a personalized experience and approach their enrollment decisions using a consumer mindset. What do these institutions have in common?

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Ruffaloni

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Whether they are large public universities or smaller private universities that developed an array of graduate and professional studies programs, these offerings were largely seen as auxiliary structures or a feather in their academic reputation cap.

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Ruffaloni

JANUARY 26, 2023

“Undercounted” students are almost ALL online or hybrid students When comparing 12-Month Data with Snapshot Data, IPEDS is undercounting total enrollment by more than 5.6 million undergraduates and more than 820,000 graduate students. undergraduates and 445k graduate students) or some online courses (3.2m

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Ivy Central

MARCH 25, 2023

Student Cohort Size: Colorado College has a current enrollment of approximately 2,425 students. of international students and 33 graduate students. The largest undergraduate major at this university is Economics, which comprises 82 students. The 3 graduate programs at Colorado College are all on-campus.

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Ruffaloni

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

While this is at least partially true, any time applications are up and enrollment is down you have to consider whether there are challenges in quality lead generation or if cultivation and admittance practices are not meeting the expectations of today’s students.

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Ruffaloni

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Graduate In 2022 more than 424,000 more graduate students decided to enroll in all or some online courses than in 2019—with those opting for “all online” significantly outpacing “some online”. Talk with our graduate and online enrollment experts Ask for a free consultation with us.

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Ruffaloni

MAY 24, 2023

What RNL Has Learned About Graduate Students: Findings on Motivations, Slow Response, and Cost on Enrollment Decisions As RNL’s vice president for graduate and online research, I will present findings from the forthcoming 2023 Graduate Student Recruitment Report.

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Ruffaloni

APRIL 27, 2023

Panelists will talk about how continuing financial pressures, enrollment challenges, and demographic shifts that will extend right up to finding qualified enrollment staff from the point of view of big and smaller institutions, public and private institutions, and undergraduate and graduate enrollment perspectives.

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BestColleges

JUNE 23, 2023

Graduate student workers at UC San Diego interrupted an alumni event to draw attention to unresolved contract issues. Students claim the university is undermining the contracts agreed upon in December following a six-week strike. student in biomedical sciences at UC San Diego, told Best Colleges. "We

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College Essay Guy

MARCH 21, 2024

Going to graduate school can be an excellent way to increase your career prospects, advance your career, and boost your salary. That number you just read is the average debt balance among graduate students with federal student loans in 2023, according to the Education Data Initiative. But that number isn’t a salary.

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BestColleges

MARCH 29, 2024

More than 3,000 Boston University graduate students are withholding their labor, refraining from their teaching duties and research. The graduate worker's demands include fair pay, expanded healthcare, and more benefits. The over 3,000 graduate student workers are part of the Boston University Graduate Workers Union (BUGWU).

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Ruffaloni

APRIL 22, 2024

This session will share data and insights and offer a chance for participants to talk about strategies that meet expectations to foster a successful experience for online graduate students from lead to graduation.

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Koodoos Learning

DECEMBER 15, 2019

That’s why we’ve put together this list of financial aid options for graduate students. Apply to be a Resident Assistant (GRA or Graduate Resident Assistant) A great option for prospective students to consider is becoming a graduate assistant, as the role’s compensation usually includes room and board.

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iSchoolConnect

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

MSc Genetics is a finely curated program aimed at graduate students from any field of science who want to pursue a career in research in a specialized area of biology. This blog will provide the best countries and universities, their admission process, and more about Study MSc genetics abroad. What is MSc Genetics?

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 27, 2023

As with many things, Covid threw a wrench in the college and graduate student experience from 2020 to 2023. More students are drawn to what I term “Covid fixer fields” —biology, chemistry, biological engineering, and computer science, for example. GRAD SCHOOL ADMISSIONS: WHAT HAS CHANGED 1. They want to be part of the solution.

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Ruffaloni

MAY 24, 2023

Graduate students are more likely than ever before to be applying to multiple programs, and more schools are adding graduate programs every day, adding to the competitive situation. Similarly you can identify those programs for which the spend may be high, but the lifetime “return” of graduates is the highest.

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Top Tier Admissions

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

To give interested students an accurate sense of life at Stanford, I reached out to two former Top Tier students who are currently attending the school, one as an undergraduate and one as a graduate student. Undergraduate student: I’m studying Management Science and Engineering, Computer Science, and Spanish.

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Ruffaloni

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Today’s students also expect an admissions timeline that is hard for many institutions to contemplate. Our 2021 graduate student research and our 2022 online student research both indicate that upwards of 70 percent expect an admissions decision within a week. Source: 2022 Online Student Recruitment Report.

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