Niche

MAY 22, 2024

Direct admissions programs are gaining momentum as the solution to bring efficiency to the admissions process on both sides. Once limited to state-run programs, direct admissions programs are now widely available—but the jury is still out on impact for most.

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EAB

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The 4 biggest challenges facing graduate and adult education programs, according to presidents and provosts. The pressure is on for graduate programs. We recently surveyed university presidents, provosts, and VPEMs to quantify the challenges institutions face in growing enrollment in graduate and adult-serving programs.

Education 98

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EAB

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In other words, they haven’t yet created an enrollment management plan for grad programs akin to the strategic enrollment management (SEM) plans most institutions develop for their undergrad programs. External forces such as these are just one reason why a GEM plan is critical to the success of graduate programs.

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Ruffaloni

MARCH 31, 2023

While president of University of Maryland Global Campus, she developed their first online master’s degree in cybersecurity ( you can read her excellent white paper on how she did this ). Every institution is known for certain academic programs where you’re ranked fairly highly in the country.

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EAB

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Despite these fluctuations, one thing remains evident: university leaders are prioritizing graduate and adult-serving programs and enrollment. Here are some of the areas that university leaders are focusing on to increase revenue from graduate and adult-serving programs, according to our survey. Download the white paper.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The two review what we learned about the motivations and preferences of adult learners, and about how they research programs and colleges they might attend. Today's graduate and adult learners are highly pragmatic and stealth, and they're doing their own research to identify programs and institutions of interest on their own.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

A closer look at private colleges and universities Privates were a lot more interested than their public counterparts in pricing strategy —not a big surprise given privates’ greater dependence on tuition discounting as a yield lever. One likely reason is the higher prevalence among privates of detailed—i.e., labor-intensive—applicant review.

Enrollment 52

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