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Are private colleges losing potential students due to a bad marketing tactic?

University Business

It used to be a clever marketing tactic for colleges to increase their cost of attendance incrementally. In marketing psychology, companies are willing to raise their price tag to associate their service with higher quality. now markets itself as the best-priced Christian college in the nation with its tuition cut.

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The Problem With Mass Personalization in Higher Ed Marketing

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

schools that offer fully online Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs increased 85% — from 284 to 526 — between the 2016-17 and 2020-21 academic years, according to data from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. But higher ed marketers know that’s much easier said than done.

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Community College Enrollment: Reducing Inefficiencies in Onboarding

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

Community college admissions offices also can learn several valuable lessons from their peers that are experiencing strong growth — including two-year, four-year, and alternative credentialing institutions — regarding marketing strategies, student engagement tactics, and operational efficiency.

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How two-way texting aids in student support and retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Last spring, when the institutional effectiveness team at Moorpark College conducted student surveys and focus groups as well as data analysis to evaluate the efficacy of student communication, an issue with volume became clear. Discussions involved department needs, communication objectives and staffing capabilities.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr.

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How your future students’ needs are changing in 5 big ways

University Business

The bottom five are philosophy and religious studies, anthropology, communications studies, physics, and political science). What colleges should do : Administrators must consider alternatives to the traditional weekday schedule to recruit the increasing number of prospective students who want more flexibility.

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Are you losing grad and adult enrollments at the last minute? Try these 4 strategies.

EAB

Remember to clearly articulate the steps for confirming enrollment when marketing your deadlines. Sixty-five percent of those students say they need more information, such as details about financial aid and overall cost, to make an enrollment decision. Instead, ask those students why they didn’t choose your institution.