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Enrollment Matters

Five metrics to power your value proposition

As demographic, economic and market volatility continue to challenge higher ed’s ability to enroll a sufficient number of students able to take advantage of...

Lessons from the law school disruption

There were more than 100,000 applicants to American Bar Association-accredited law schools in the fall of 2004. In the three years prior, the number...

Bringing male students back to college

Recent research studies have begun to recognize males as a new “at-risk” population. Achieving gender balance means different things to different institutions. Technical programs with...

How to grow enrollment when you can’t increase financial aid

It has been demonstrated amply that financial aid leveraging can, under the right circumstances, increase enrollment and net tuition revenue. For some, however, that...

Surviving higher ed’s prior-prior year shift

As we speculated last year, the shift to the use of families’ Prior-Prior Year (PPY) financial data on the FAFSA has come to pass. Starting...

Do you have a campus retention champion?

Student retention, persistence, success and graduation remain top-of-mind issues for higher ed leaders amidst the advent of the College Scorecard, the push toward 60...

Cohort-based budget planning for financial aid

With freshman discount rates once again on the rise, it will be more important than ever for institutions to review whether their methodologies for...

Demonstrating the ROI of your degrees

A family’s willingness to pay for a college education relies heavily on an institution’s ability to articulate return on investment. Discounting tuition through scholarships...

Combining the power of enrollment and advancement in higher ed

The variety of challenges facing enrollment leaders are well documented: changing demographics, increased competition for students, scarce outcome data— and the list goes on....

Coping with college-ratings uncertainty

Fueled by government agendas, national press and public opinion, higher education has in recent years come under increased scrutiny in the form of calls...