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Confusing Requirements? How to Ease the Student Journey

Many educators vary in their grading processes. Standardized education requirements can often be hard to navigate—especially for...

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How to Make Your Virtual Graduation a Recruitment Opportunity

With virtual graduations gaining popularity, what might institutions do to implement amazing graduation ceremonies and ceremonies...

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How Student Motivations Should Alter Your College Marketing Strategies

Understand why students continue to pursue higher ed and leverage that in your marketing to appeal to prospective students.

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Utilize Your Alumni Networks

Alumni networks create meaningful relationships with current & future students and should be considered a resource that can enhance...

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Launching Keystone Sports

The Keystone Education Group has launched Keystone Sports, a service designed to help recruit student-athletes to colleges in the USA...

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Help Your Graduates Get The Best Out Of Online Student Fairs

Career and job fairs are an opportunity for students to network with potential employers and we discuss why higher ed institutions...

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5 Ways to Enhance College Recruitment Efforts

'New normal' recruitment strategies have transformed the way admissions professionals communicate with students.

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What Do Students Expect Out of Their Colleges and Universities?

There are at least five things most students look for before paying their enrollment deposit. We discover what they are and what they...

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Best Practices for Retargeting in Higher Education

By retargeting, universities can implement a typical digital marketing strategy to improve their reach to future students, alumni...

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What's Up With WhatsApp? How the App is Changing Campus Dynamics

WhatsApp, a digital communications app, is becoming an increasingly popular way for universities to communicate with current and...

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Reducing the Impact of the Enrollment Cliff

As the global population continues to grow, higher education professionals and enrollment management consultants have set their focus...

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Does Your School Have Brand Ambassadors?

Many schools are turning toward college brand ambassadors to promote their school through word-of-mouth advertising.

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Why Your School Needs a Lavender Graduation

Lavender graduation is a commencement ceremony celebrating the achievements of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and ally...

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Higher Education News

Confusing Requirements? How to Ease the Student Journey

4 min read

If there is one thing that students are often confused by in their educational experience, it's testing requirements and grading processes. While...

Confusing Requirements? How to Ease the Student Journey
How to Make Your Virtual Graduation a Recruitment Opportunity

11.02.2021

How to Make Your Virtual Graduation a Recruitment Opportunity

6 min read

Julia Sachs

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an immeasurable impact on the traditions and celebrations we once loved. Accomplishments...

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Utilize Your Alumni Networks

10.25.2021

Utilize Your Alumni Networks

3 min read

Julia Sachs

One of the most effective tools that Universities have to their advantage is the alumni that have already attended in...

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Launching Keystone Sports

10.21.2021

Launching Keystone Sports

3 min read

Ellen Young

The Keystone Education Group (Keystone) has announced the launch of Keystone Sports, a service designed to help recruit...

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5 Ways to Enhance College Recruitment Efforts

10.19.2021

5 Ways to Enhance College Recruitment Efforts

5 min read

Benjamin Boivin

Since the dawn of the Internet, the role of a college admissions professional has significantly changed. Of course,...

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Best Practices for Retargeting in Higher Education

10.07.2021

Best Practices for Retargeting in Higher Education

4 min read

Julia Sachs

Studies show that students tend to favor—meaning they both apply and enroll—universities that reach out to them to show...

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Reducing the Impact of the Enrollment Cliff

09.30.2021

Reducing the Impact of the Enrollment Cliff

6 min read

Benjamin Boivin

As the global population continues to grow, higher education professionals and enrollment management consultants have...

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Does Your School Have Brand Ambassadors?

09.28.2021

Does Your School Have Brand Ambassadors?

4 min read

Julia Sachs

Studies have long shown that word-of-mouth recommendations are some of the most lucrative ways to increase applications...

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Why Your School Needs a Lavender Graduation

09.23.2021

Why Your School Needs a Lavender Graduation

4 min read

Katarina Gligovic

We've written about social causes before and are happy to introduce and discuss, "Lavender Graduation." Lavender...

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