Blog: higher ed

Online College Students in 2023: What Matters Most

BY: Carol Aslanian March 15, 2023

Explore key takeaways into the latest trends for online college students in 2023 and get strategies for reaching them - download now! Read More

Using Student Testimonials To Support Higher Ed Marketing

BY: Emma Rose December 13, 2022

Get the best from student testimonials by making smart choices about who the testimonial comes from and how it's used. Brand alignment matters! Read More

Get Potential Students to Answer the Phone

BY: Travis Coufal October 11, 2022

Students will only answer the phone if they know what they’re going to get. Here’s how to engage prospective students so they’ll pick up when programs call. Read More

Using Secondary Data to Evaluate Program Viability

BY: Steven Fischer September 22, 2022

Higher education institutions use secondary data for insights into program viability and gauging future success. Read More

Micro-Credentials Continue to Grow in Popularity

BY: Emma Rose November 4, 2021

The Demand for Micro-Credentials The unpredictability of a pandemic, the rapid evolution of technology, and a shifting job market have all contributed to a meteoric rise in the popularity of micro-credentials. Student demands have shifted, ... Read More

Influencer Marketing in Higher Ed: A Crash Course

BY: Lora Polich October 22, 2021

Influencers are the new big idea in marketing. Spurred by the boom in social media platforms and consumers’ increasing frustration with more overt ads, many businesses are turning to influencer marketing to reach their target ... Read More

Community College Students: A Data-Driven Look at Enrollment

BY: Mari Breedlove October 4, 2021

Between the pandemic’s ongoing disruption of higher ed and the increased exposure that has resulted from a first lady who is a community college professor, colleges have been given a unique advantage as of late. ... Read More

How Marketing Messages Can Promote Competency-Based Education

BY: Emma Rose August 18, 2021

Competency-based education is growing in popularity, again. Many institutions are looking at competency-based education with renewed interest. The right messaging can help attract students to these new and evolving programs. Read More

How the Biden Administration May Affect Education

BY: Bruce Douglas December 22, 2020

Biden Administration to Announce Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary After weeks of waiting, we finally know who will replace Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. According to reports, President-Elect Biden is set to announce Miguel Cardona, who ... Read More

Marketing Attribution Models for Higher Ed

BY: Eric McGee December 3, 2020

With so many ways to connect with potential students, how do you know which channels are working? How do you decide where to increase your investment and which channels might not be right for you? Marketing attribution modeling can help. Read More

Unlocking Insights from The Online College Students Report

BY: Emma Rose November 3, 2020

To remain future-ready, colleges and universities are applying agility and innovation in their quest to meet the needs of the online college student population. Insights from our Online College Students Report helped to answer these questions from higher education experts. Read More

How Virtual Study Abroad Opportunities Meet Pandemic Challenges

BY: Emma Rose October 14, 2020

COVID-19 has made study abroad opportunities unlikely for the 2020-2021 academic year. This presents a challenge institutions must overcome to deliver programs with similar value. Read More

Texting in the Recruitment Process – What You Need to Know to Get Started

BY: Emma Rose October 8, 2020

What if you could increase prospective student conversions by up to 300 percent? Research says texting could do just that. Read More

Recruiting and Retaining First Generation, Post-traditional Students

BY: Emma Rose October 1, 2020

Recruiting and retaining first-generation post-traditional students is one way that institutions can keep reaching enrollment goals even as the number of traditional students declines. Read More

Beyond Benchmarks 2020 – The New State of Higher Education

BY: Nicole Hagel September 24, 2020

At the start of 2020, no one could have predicted the impact of COVID-19. In just a few months, it has pushed higher education online, altered the trajectory of the labor market and forced institutions ... Read More