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Alabama Community Colleges See Highest Enrollments in a Decade

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

Baker More than 170,000 residents enrolled in academic courses or registered for adult education and workforce training during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Alabama Community College System (ACCS). Nearly 123,000 of those residents were part of credit-based programs, a 6.2%

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Why growing demand doesn’t guarantee success for cybersecurity programs

EAB

JANUARY 17, 2023

Why growing demand doesn’t guarantee success for cybersecurity programs. Market concentration, however, threatens most programs’ success. Considerations for a successful cybersecurity program. The 3 big bets university presidents and provosts are placing on graduate and adult learner enrollments. December 7, 2022.

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Study Finds that Promise Program Still Leaves Racial Gaps

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Reducing the financial barriers to access doesn’t necessarily reduce the financial barriers to success,” said Dr. W. Carson Byrd, an associate research scientist in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan’s Marsal Family School of Education, and an author of the study.

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4 Things You Need for a Successful Graduate Enrollment Management Plan

EAB

AUGUST 1, 2023

Blogs 4 Things You Need for a Successful Graduate Enrollment Management Plan My colleagues at EAB have conducted several surveys to learn about the state of graduate enrollment management over the past few months, and the results have been revealing. Try these 4 strategies.

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Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Lessons learned We have established a more cohesive alignment of partners who are working to build broader awareness, exploration, and preparation for academic and career success for middle and high school students in Cleveland. Department of Education.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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To design microcredentials that meet student needs, follow these 3 steps

EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Arthrex attends and helps evaluate final oral presentations in the Fundamentals of Medical Device Industry microcredential. Students who pass the assessment and earn the badge successfully demonstrate that they have the skills to pinpoint the needs of healthcare and medical providers and design products to meet those needs.

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Why two thirds of graduate enrollment leaders may leave their jobs

EAB

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

By doing so, institutions can build a strong, stable, and effective enrollment team, essential to their success in a highly competitive marketplace. to discuss solutions to staffing challenges and innovative strategies for growing enrollment in graduate, online, and adult degree completion programs. Ready to find out more?

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Why two thirds of graduate enrollment leaders may leave their jobs

EAB

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

By doing so, institutions can build a strong, stable, and effective enrollment team, essential to their success in a highly competitive marketplace. to discuss solutions to staffing challenges and innovative strategies for growing enrollment in graduate, online, and adult degree completion programs. Ready to find out more?

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Two ways to improve support services for adult learners with learning disabilities

EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

With this increased focus on adult learner enrollment should come a growing emphasis on adult learner success. Surveyed adult learners consistently identify student support services as an important factor when making an enrollment decision. adults are diagnosed with ADHD—up from 3.41% in 2007.

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4 reasons your labor market analysis isn’t capturing employer demand for graduates

EAB

JUNE 8, 2023

Adult Learner Marketing Get the latest insights in adult education. Why growing employer demand doesn’t guarantee success for cybersecurity programs 3. The team’s research found a degree on the verge of success but with limited historical employer demand. Subscribe 1. Demand has yet to spike for a new field.

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Adult learners: Who they are & what they want from college

EAB

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Hear EAB’s latest research on the characteristics of the adult learner market We’ve rounded up a few quick facts about adult learners—check them out below. Get more information For more on recruiting adult student populations, including graduate students, subscribe to the Professional and Adult Education Blog.

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Why half of graduate enrollment leaders didn’t meet their goals

EAB

APRIL 13, 2023

Ultimately, institutions should set ambitious but achievable goals to create a roadmap for successful planning and management. This can assist in improving student outcomes, financial sustainability, and overall success. Ready to find out more? Access all 3 insight reports from EAB and NAGAP’s graduate leader surveys.

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

EAB

APRIL 24, 2023

While many institutions follow a robust yield playbook for their undergraduate programs , I’ve found this isn’t always the case for graduate and adult education programs. Our Adult Learner Recruitment team has found that setting at least two deadlines to drive early enrollment, deposit, or registrant activity works best.

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We asked 3,800+ graduate and adult students about their program preferences. Here’s what they shared.

EAB

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Avoid these mistakes New research from our Professional and Adult Education Advisory Services identifies a few barriers to growing microcredential programs: Low student awareness: Many students are not familiar with digital credential programs—and even those aware of these offerings often don’t know where to start.

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4 tactics to reach, recruit, and enroll “stealth shoppers”

EAB

APRIL 25, 2023

The 4 biggest challenges facing graduate and adult education How can you effectively manage your recruitment funnel, predict yield, or plan for the administration of your programs if 80% of applicants are stealth? This year, our partners estimated that more like 80% of their prospects are stealth, on average.

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EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage

EAB

AUGUST 7, 2023

Professional and Adult Education Adult learners are a unique audience whether they are served through traditional graduate programs, non-credit offerings, degree completion programs, or short-format credentials across on-campus, online, and hybrid modalities.

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Student Behavior Collaborative

EAB

JULY 20, 2023

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Business candidates want personalized marketing from you—here’s how to do it well

EAB

MARCH 31, 2023

Here’s what that could mean for your institution November 30, 2022 The post Business candidates want personalized marketing from you—here’s how to do it well appeared first on EAB.

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Understanding the basics of bot-generated leads

EAB

JANUARY 19, 2023

Sources: Kahn, Anura , 7/21/21; Kahn, Anura , 3/19/22; Rafferty, ActiveProspect , 9/9/22 Ready to find out more? Watch our webinar to learn more about how high-intent sources can benefit your lead generation strategy.

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Is your digital front door open?

EAB

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Learn more Get more insights Two ways to improve support services for adult learners with learning disabilities January 30, 2023 Understanding the basics of bot-generated leads January 19, 2023 Why growing demand doesn’t guarantee success for cybersecurity programs January 17, 2023 How to recruit specialized business students and grow non-MBA enrollment (..)

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How to expand opportunities for Hispanic adult learners in nursing and healthcare

EAB

JUNE 27, 2023

One of the reasons I love working with our partners to grow their graduate, online, and adult enrollment is because their programs are the center of higher ed’s mission and margin. Graduate and adult-serving programs provide the career-changing opportunities that can improve the lives of entire families.

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How to recruit specialized business students and grow non-MBA enrollment

EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

If you commit to the tips above –limiting application barriers, communicating your return on education, and seeking out career switchers in unexpected places—it can put your institution on the path to a successful recruitment strategy. Ready to find out more? Watch the webinar. December 7, 2022. December 6, 2022. December 5, 2022.

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6 elements of an effective graduate enrollment management plan—and why you need to build one

EAB

OCTOBER 14, 2022

External forces such as these are just one reason why a GEM plan is critical to the success of graduate programs. Graduate enrollment plans will not be successful without structured marketing efforts aligned to the objectives of the GEM plan. Student Success and Retention. percent from 2010 to 2020. Marketing and Recruitment.

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Do you need to sunset academic programs? Consider these 3 steps.

EAB

JANUARY 1, 2024

Regularly assess portfolio health using student, competitor, and labor market data The first step to a successful portfolio assessment is making sure your team is analyzing the right data. For many institutions, two to three years is about when you should expect to see some changes in enrollment, student success, or other metrics.

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4 takeaways from marketing to graduate students in 2023—and predictions for 2024

EAB

DECEMBER 27, 2023

As those students matriculate into our graduate and adult education programs, we will need resources in place to support them. Why we should be talking more about graduate student success In particular, our surveys of graduate and adult learners also indicate students prioritize online support services when making enrollment decisions.

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Our New Staffing Model Playbook for Higher Ed CMOs

EAB

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It's time to embrace a new staffing model playbook that positions your institution for enrollment growth and long-term success. Hear former higher ed CMO, Val Fox, explain how to strengthen your university’s outreach to graduate and adult learners. They carefully monitor progress, diagnose issues, and remedy them.

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Building awareness of your law program is more important than ever

EAB

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For law school enrollment teams that are limited by size, time, and/or resources, being efficient and effective is crucial to their success. Explore more partner success stories and strategies. Ready to find out more? July 28, 2023 Didn’t meet your graduate enrollment goals?

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How to engage more community college prospects amid the “great opt-out”

EAB

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Participants in GED and adult education courses. They also consider the scope of the audit and the personnel necessary to make it successful. 5 ways to support rural student success. Dual enrollment students who did not reenroll as a degree seeking student. Call center inquiries. ISIRs with no admissions application.

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Adult learners’ application behavior is changing—here’s how

EAB

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Our Adult Learner Recruitment partners have had success identifying student motivations through micro-surveys—and then using those motivations to craft marketing messages that speak to that individual student’s intentions. July 31, 2023 How can you better support adult learners who are parents or guardians?

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Design strategy for continuing and professional education at the University of Texas at Dallas

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Design strategy for continuing and professional education at the University of Texas at Dallas August 9, 2023 Lance K.

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How can you better support adult learners who are parents or guardians?

EAB

JULY 28, 2023

And a related report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research found that parenting students who accessed the FRC services were more successful academically than those who did not. The College’s Family Resource Center (FRC) provides parenting students with access to a lactation room, internships, formula, diapers, wipes, and more.

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How can you better support adult learners who are parents or guardians?

EAB

JULY 28, 2023

And a related report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research found that parenting students who accessed the FRC services were more successful academically than those who did not. The College’s Family Resource Center (FRC) provides parenting students with access to a lactation room, internships, formula, diapers, wipes, and more.

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I’m your future Gen Z adult learner. Here are three ways to hook me with your program webpage.

EAB

AUGUST 15, 2023

Additionally, promoting specific career outcomes (such as examples of graduates' employers and salaries) and including testimonials of alumni success stories can really help me picture the benefits of a graduate education. July 28, 2023 Didn’t meet your graduate enrollment goals?

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Looking to Grow Your Health Care Administration Program? Here Are Four Tips

EAB

APRIL 17, 2023

Here are four components of a successful health care administration program—and profiles of five institutions succeeding in this market. As more schools will likely develop and offer health care administration programs due to high student demand , zeroing in on the core components of a high-value degree will be essential.

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5 career services to support your professional and adult learners

EAB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

August 15, 2023 4 Things You Need for a Successful Graduate Enrollment Management Plan August 1, 2023 The post 5 career services to support your professional and adult learners appeared first on EAB. Here are three ways to hook me with your program webpage.

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Can gamification help you generate leads for healthcare programs?

EAB

JUNE 12, 2023

In addition, many hybrid and remote modality healthcare programs flooded the market during the pandemic, creating more options for students to choose from, but enrollments among healthcare programs have plateaued. And while international students continue to apply in large numbers, qualified domestic students remain challenging to find.

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Here’s how to engage your alumni and facilitate lifelong learning

EAB

OCTOBER 19, 2023

July 31, 2023 How can you better support adult learners who are parents or guardians? Organic social media can change that.

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Prepare your graduates for today’s and tomorrow’s tech jobs—here’s how

EAB

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Demand for programming languages fluctuates and differs regionally but keeping up with and teaching the most-demanded languages will prepare your graduates for success. The table below demonstrate how demand for programming languages has changed over time in major tech hubs like San Francisco, New York, and Boston.

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How MBA programs can set a winning messaging strategy

EAB

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Our team put aside our theories and let the data tell us which ad was the most successful. For you, the themes could include addressing potential concerns students may have about your institution or promoting unique features of your school or program. Whatever they are, treat them equally.

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What can big consumer brands teach graduate and adult enrollment leaders?

EAB

OCTOBER 17, 2022

When dealing with this level of nuance, the key to success is always in the analysis. Even as I compare schools that seem similar ( business school to business school , regionally similar schools, etc.), data always reveal a distinct set of attributes. Personalized marketing is effective.

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Why it’s so hard to find enough domestic leads for online graduate and adult programs

EAB

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

July 28, 2023 Didn’t meet your graduate enrollment goals?

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Survey Highlights What Matters Most to Adult Learners

EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I've been with the firm for about a year now and prior to joining EAB, I was a practitioner on campus with over two decades of experience in enrollment management, marketing, and student success positions. This is suggesting that future adult learners will also rely on emails more heavily. BD: Great. BD: Right.

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The Power of Dual Enrollment: The Equitable Expansion of College Access and Success

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

By: Luke Rhine, Deputy Assistant Secretary the Office of Career, Technical & Adult Education Dual enrollment works. Recently, the Department of Education hosted a webinar featuring a panel of. Recently, the Department of Education hosted a webinar featuring a panel of. Continue Reading.

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Alabama Community Colleges See Highest Enrollments in a Decade

Why growing demand doesn’t guarantee success for cybersecurity programs

Trending Sources

Study Finds that Promise Program Still Leaves Racial Gaps

4 Things You Need for a Successful Graduate Enrollment Management Plan

Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

2023 Seal of Excelencia

To design microcredentials that meet student needs, follow these 3 steps

Why two thirds of graduate enrollment leaders may leave their jobs

Why two thirds of graduate enrollment leaders may leave their jobs

Two ways to improve support services for adult learners with learning disabilities

4 reasons your labor market analysis isn’t capturing employer demand for graduates

Adult learners: Who they are & what they want from college

Why half of graduate enrollment leaders didn’t meet their goals

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

We asked 3,800+ graduate and adult students about their program preferences. Here’s what they shared.

4 tactics to reach, recruit, and enroll “stealth shoppers”

EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage

Student Behavior Collaborative

Business candidates want personalized marketing from you—here’s how to do it well

Understanding the basics of bot-generated leads

Is your digital front door open?

How to expand opportunities for Hispanic adult learners in nursing and healthcare

How to recruit specialized business students and grow non-MBA enrollment

6 elements of an effective graduate enrollment management plan—and why you need to build one

Do you need to sunset academic programs? Consider these 3 steps.

4 takeaways from marketing to graduate students in 2023—and predictions for 2024

Our New Staffing Model Playbook for Higher Ed CMOs

Building awareness of your law program is more important than ever

How to engage more community college prospects amid the “great opt-out”

Adult learners’ application behavior is changing—here’s how

Design strategy for continuing and professional education at the University of Texas at Dallas

How can you better support adult learners who are parents or guardians?

How can you better support adult learners who are parents or guardians?

I’m your future Gen Z adult learner. Here are three ways to hook me with your program webpage.

Looking to Grow Your Health Care Administration Program? Here Are Four Tips

5 career services to support your professional and adult learners

Can gamification help you generate leads for healthcare programs?

Here’s how to engage your alumni and facilitate lifelong learning

Prepare your graduates for today’s and tomorrow’s tech jobs—here’s how

How MBA programs can set a winning messaging strategy

What can big consumer brands teach graduate and adult enrollment leaders?

Why it’s so hard to find enough domestic leads for online graduate and adult programs

Survey Highlights What Matters Most to Adult Learners

The Power of Dual Enrollment: The Equitable Expansion of College Access and Success

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