Ivy Central

MARCH 30, 2023

The Simons Summer Research Program at Stony Brook University is an outstanding opportunity open to US citizens and permanent residents, attending high school who are interested in pursuing careers in science, mathematics, and engineering. The program has a limited number of spots available, and only the most qualified applicants are accepted.

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Ruffaloni

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In situations where your institution is not the most affordable program, you must focus on value and differentiators, what’s in it for them, and why are you different. All these things must be front and center on your institutional page, on program pages, and everywhere else you know that students interact with you.

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Ruffaloni

MAY 24, 2023

Understanding program portfolio performance is a key to enrollment growth. In my work with partner institutions, I often see competing priorities come to light as the marketing team, the enrollment team, and the academic team all have different evaluation tactics for program growth. Program Director: “Invest in my programs!”

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Berkeley² Academy

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In September of this year, seniors who qualified as National Merit Commended Students or National Merit Semifinalists were notified of their achievement. But what does this mean, and how does the National Merit Scholarship Program work? What is the National Merit Scholarship Program?

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Ruffaloni

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Student feedback is essential for optimizing your marketing efforts. As the landscape of higher education continues to evolve, institutions are faced with the challenge of distinguishing their programs from others. New RNL research shows that graduate enrollment is normalizing , with a significant shift towards online education.

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 26, 2025

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate programs are renowned for their excellence, but the journey to acceptance is highly competitive. With over 30,000 applicants from around the world, only 11% were accepted based on the graduate admissions in 2023.

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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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Ivy Central

MARCH 25, 2023

Here are some great programs from top universities that you could consider for pursuing Psychology: Harvard University - Department of Psychology: Harvard has been at the forefront of the field of Psychology since it first emerged at Harvard in the late 1800's under the scholarship of William James.

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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

JUNE 28, 2023

In other recent blogs , I have alluded to the fact that enrollment trend data may be indicating a slowdown (but not decline) at the graduate level. We also know that more institutions are launching online programs than ever before, creating more “supply” with which long-standing providers will have to compete.

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Ruffaloni

DECEMBER 6, 2023

RNL developed a lead-generation campaign for five distinct graduate programs that leveraged their renowned brand and expert-level faculty. The landing pages and ads we created help students visualize their aspirations and take the next steps to become future policy leaders. How can you create winning connections with students?

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Because of the many schools that Harvard University houses, its no surprise that the graduate population is higher than the number of undergraduates, with 9,579 undergrads and 21,263 graduate students. For instance, one of the requirements for application for the HBS MBA program is a resume. Special academic programs.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 3, 2024

LEARN MORE STRONG PROGRAMS IN CLASSICS To learn more about strong academic programs in Classics (both Classical Languages and more interdisciplinary Classical Studies majors), check out these 10 schools: Amherst College Amherst offers four majors within the Classical Civilization program: Greek, Latin, Classics, and Classical Civilization.

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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. For these types of pages, AI has been less useful.

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EAB

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The 50 most in-demand skills for graduates of your master's programs. We know that graduate students often enroll to gain the skills and knowledge necessary for bigger and better professional opportunities. But which skills do employers seek most frequently, and which mater’s programs offer top skills to students?

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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. Mental health challenges among Gen Z students have been well documented.

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Ruffaloni

MARCH 30, 2023

Last month, I presented overview data documenting how satisfied graduate and online students are with their chosen programs, but this month I want to focus on how these data can help recruitment leaders in planning strategies that can optimally position institutions and programs for success.

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Ruffaloni

JANUARY 25, 2024

As these alternative populations become critical to institutional health, marketing, recruitment, admission, and other functions that drive enrollment growth must also move from being decentralized in schools and programs to being centralized so that institutional leadership can set and meet goals.

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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). Where do you start?

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Ivy Central

MAY 17, 2023

Wake Forest is known for its strong undergraduate liberal arts program, as well as its graduate and professional programs in law, medicine, business, and divinity. In addition to its academic programs, Wake Forest is known for its strong commitment to research. The accepted students represent 47 states and 45 countries.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Programs need to serve students whose expectations have changed dramatically. Earlier this month, the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) released their annual “Graduate Enrollment and Degrees 2012-2022” report. The headline in Inside Higher Education was that graduate enrollment contracted by 4.7 percent).

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2023

What is a post baccalaureate program? A post bacc program gives students who have already earned an undergraduate degree the opportunity to take the prerequisite courses required for medical school and to gain clinical and research experience. You can also learn more about our 1-on-1 medical school admissions support here.

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 19, 2025

Harvards Cultural and Artistic Contributions Harvard is known for its strong contributions to culture and the arts, encouraging creativity and preserving history through its esteemed museums, libraries, and performing arts programs. Get involved in the student newspaper, an ethnic publication, or a student-run radio or television program.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 6, 2025

Apply to a research-centered, university-run summer precollege program like UMass Amhersts Summer PreCollege Research Intensive where youll be matched with a professor in one of several labs and earn college credit. Attend a local academic conference to hear from faculty at your targeted colleges or local universities.

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Garcia Summer Program is one of the best research programs for high school students. This program is designed for high school students who are passionate about exploration and innovation, offering a chance to turn curiosity into real-world impact. What Is the Garcia Summer Program? Program highlights.

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Ruffaloni

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Their IPEDS snapshot data showcase how many students were enrolled in different types of programs on a given fall semester day. 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”.

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College Essay Guy

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Eligibility: Must be a current high school junior Open to students of any background pursuing any academic discipline U.S. Usual Application Deadline: September 26 Flinn Scholars Program The Flinn Scholars Program provides a prestigious, merit-based scholarship for Arizona high school seniors. Eligibility: Be a U.S.

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Scholarships Letters of Recommendation Tuition GPA 98

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. How can you win the graduate market? How did you do?

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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

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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Enrollment Graduate Students High School Out-of-State 130

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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Admissions Village

JUNE 19, 2024

College/University Terms: Accelerated Degree Programs: An accelerated degree program reduces the amount of time it takes to obtain an undergraduate degree by at least one year. Most accelerated degree programs allow a student to obtain a bachelor’s degree in three years or less.

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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. Do institutions need to invest more in graduate education? 6 percent). What does this all mean?

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Ruffaloni

MAY 24, 2023

This year, attendees will have more than one graduate and/or online session to choose from in every session block of the conference. The full program is ready and it is jam-packed with content, including sessions on these compelling and timely topics. The Road to Centralization Barbara Barnhardt from Marshall B.

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Ivy Central

MARCH 25, 2023

The college is known for its unique academic and outdoor education programs, including the Southwest Studies program, the Rocky Mountain Field Institute, and the Outdoor Education program. Colorado College has a competitive athletic program, with 17 varsity sports teams competing in NCAA Division III. This includes 6.4%

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BestColleges

JUNE 17, 2024

Enrollment in primarily online institutions (POIs) and multistate college programs rose 3.8% Distance education graduate schools saw the biggest increase in spring 2024. Online college programs contributed significantly to spring 2024 enrollment gains. million students enrolled at U.S. in spring 2024. of all enrollments.

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