Changing learner expectations, new delivery models and AI are prompting institutions to rethink how they deliver value to individuals and organizations.
Institutions that ignore today's trends will be stuck fighting over a flattening population of traditionally aged students, a report from Education Dynamics warns.
Through careful design planning, universities can create agile, mixed-use spaces that offer a broader set of capabilities and much greater ROI than dedicated spaces.
If you've worked in enrollment for more than a minute, you know the ground keeps moving under your feet. Fewer students. More scrutiny. A world where "AI" and "ROI" get tossed around in the same sentence as "application funnel." Strategic Enrollment Management used to focus on managing the process: recruit, admit, yield, repeat. The job now stretches far beyond that. It involves steering a complex system that balances institutional mission, market realities, and rapid technological change. So how do you lead when everything — students, staffing, policy, even purpose — feels like it's in motion? You start by asking better questions.
Just because adult learners may be juggling full-time jobs, parenting, or military service doesn't mean they would not benefit from peer-to-peer support.
There's an assumption throughout higher education that adult learners who want to finish their degree will simply return to the institution where they stopped out. That's actually not the case. The latest National Student Clearinghouse Research Center report on "some-college, no-credential" learners reveals that more than 60% of re-enrollees select a different institution than the […]
