Ruffaloni

JANUARY 25, 2024

Traditional undergraduate challenges remain National Student Clearinghouse 2023 fall enrollment data indicate that undergraduate enrollment grew for the first time in several years (+2.1%), but nearly all growth was driven by community colleges (+4.6%) offering dual enrollment courses. Source: IPEDS degree conferral data.

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Ruffaloni

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To break through the noise of digital marketing in 2023, you need to catch the attention of prospective students and drive them to take action. We won a total of 33 awards this year for enrollment and fundraising campaigns, including five gold medals in digital marketing for enrollment.

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Ruffaloni

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

How can you navigate the trends in graduate enrollment? I recently developed a new data-driven presentation called “How to Win in the Graduate Market” that seeks to first lay out the state of the market and then talk through a list of 20 things that enrollment leaders need to be sure are happening in order to align with student expectations.

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Ruffaloni

AUGUST 8, 2023

AI is being used in different ways across enrollment Likely because few reported using AI in their work, only a few attendees responded to the survey question, “how are you currently using AI in your work?”. June 2023 We are seeing a compelling case emerge for an urgent focus on AI Literacy on our campuses. June 2023 ).

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. 6 trends to watch in 2023 1. 6 trends to watch in 2023 1. get your copy 2. Nationally, from fall 2021 to fall 2022, two-year colleges only lost.4%

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Enrollment Catalyst

JULY 29, 2023

With the start of the school year only a few days or a few weeks away, August is one of the most important months in the enrollment marketing cycle. In this month you will finish out the enrollment marketing cycle for 2023 and you will begin a new one for 2024.

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Enrollment Catalyst

AUGUST 29, 2023

If so, you’ll want to tune into The Show & Tell Show with the Enrollment Marketing Geeks — Dr. Rick Newberry, president of Enrollment Catalyst, and Andy Lynch, president & CEO of North Star Marketing. Join the Enrollment Marketing Geeks for a conversation with Stephanie and her team. They Listen For An Hour?!?!

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Enrollment Catalyst

AUGUST 29, 2023

In 2022, the Enrollment Marketing Geeks — Andy Lynch, President and CEO of North Star Marketing, and Dr. Rick Newberry, President of Enrollment Catalyst — decided to take the show on the road. This in-person event will be held November 15-17, 2023, at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort.

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Enrollment Catalyst

MAY 6, 2023

Whether your school’s enrollment is full, nearly full, or in decline, a strategic plan will provide the direction your admissions and marketing team needs to get traction. With summer only a few weeks away, now is the ideal time to begin developing your Enrollment Marketing Plan for the 2023-24 school year.

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Enrollment Catalyst

MARCH 5, 2023

Please welcome the Denver Christian School team to Enrollment Catalyst! Dr. Rick Newberry conducted a three day site visit in February 2023 to begin his Enrollment Catalyst Program with their team. Also, Enrollment Catalyst has been conducting its School Survey Solutions Program with DCS the past several years.

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Ruffaloni

MAY 24, 2023

I previously wrote about 30 Ways to Learn About Graduate and Online Enrollment Trends at the RNL National Conference. In that post, I spotlight a number of sessions, but our track on graduate and online enrollment is so jam-packed with content that I wanted to highlight a few more.

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Ruffaloni

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Rather, Connections provides an additional channel for colleges to build their enrollment pipeline. Those assessments include: PSAT/NMSQTP SAT 10 SAT School Day The College Board estimates that these student populations will represent about 1/3 of students in the College Board network in the 2023-2024 subscription year.

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Niche

DECEMBER 17, 2023

In this episode: In the Enrollment Insights Podcast, you’ll hear about novel solutions to problems, ways to make processes better for students and families, and the questions that spark internal reflection and end up changing entire processes. It’s our annual end-of-year spectacular!

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Enrollment Catalyst

APRIL 2, 2023

In March 2023, Dr. Rick Newberry had the opportunity to conduct a three-day site visit at St. to begin his Enrollment Catalyst Program. This site visit included 10 focus groups and assessment meetings to review the enrollment and marketing processes and strategies of the school. Pat’s team to Enrollment Catalyst!

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Ruffaloni

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Findings from our 2023 Prospective Family Engagement Report shed some light on best practices for communicating with families at different grade levels in high school. Read our full report or reach out to talk with our enrollment experts I encourage you to read the 2023 Prospective Family Engagement Report and explore even more findings.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 26, 2024

The University of California's fall 2023 enrollment data shows an increase in in-state enrollment. The system has almost 296,000 students enrolled, 194,000 of which are California residents, an increase of some 4,000 students compared to last year. UC also has a multiyear agreement with California Gov.

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Ruffaloni

MARCH 15, 2023

College financing is an important topic of conversation, particularly as we enter “yield season” for the fall 2023 incoming class. RNL recently came out with the 2023 University Family Engagement Report , which notes some important disparities to consider as you develop communications about college financing.

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Ruffaloni

APRIL 27, 2023

The RNL National Conference in Nashville (July 25-27, 2023) will feature its fifth annual Graduate and Online track. Here are a few key sessions that graduate and online enrollment managers will not want to miss. Here are a few key sessions that graduate and online enrollment managers will not want to miss.

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CampusESP

APRIL 22, 2024

Dual enrollment programs are on the rise. The number of high school students taking college courses jumped over 20% between Fall 2021 and Fall 2023, according to the latest NSC Research Center data. In addition to buoying current enrollment numbers, dual enrollment is a critical pipeline to future full-time, degree-seeking enrollment.

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Ruffaloni

JULY 13, 2023

Often enrollment Leaders feel like Phoebe Bridgers in her hit, “ Motion Sickness ,” where she pleads “I have emotional motion sickness, somebody roll the windows down.” Every year, RNL partners with hundreds of colleges and universities to help them to grow and shape enrollment.

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Niche

JUNE 26, 2023

In this episode: In the Enrollment Insights Podcast, you’ll hear about novel solutions to problems, ways to make processes better for students and families, and the questions that spark internal reflection and end up changing entire processes. Want to keep updated about the blog? Sign up for the newsletter!

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Ruffaloni

MAY 11, 2023

Long gone are the days of admission offices counting college enrollment deposits on May 1 and beginning to plan out their summer conference tours. Chief enrollment officers and colleagues of mine beg the question—which seems so valid now— what is a deposit actually worth now ? The answer is still “a lot.”

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Niche

MARCH 27, 2023

In this episode: In the Enrollment Insights Podcast, you’ll hear about novel solutions to problems, ways to make processes better for students and families, and the questions that spark internal reflection and end up changing entire processes.

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BestColleges

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Forté Foundation's member schools reported that 42% of their full-time master of business administration students were women in 2023. The percentage of women enrolled in master of business administration (MBA) programs hit an all-time high of 42% in 2023, according to a new report from the Forté Foundation.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Podcast How to Boost Graduate Enrollment Episode 172. November 7, 2023. EAB’s Sian Blake and Val Fox offer growth strategies for institutions that have grown increasingly reliant on their graduate programs to compensate for shrinking undergraduate enrollment. EAB · How to Boost Graduate Enrollment Transcript Coming soon.

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Ruffaloni

JUNE 15, 2023

To see the full list of new features, check out Slate’s 2023 Slate Innovation Summit Executive Summary. We’re happy to talk with you about how you can optimize your CRM to maximize your enrollment results. A CRM solution that drives enrollment results Are you getting the greatest ROI out of your CRM?

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Ruffaloni

DECEMBER 15, 2022

RNL’s 2023 graduate and online research agenda will include an analysis of the policy and practice adjustments that are most likely make graduate or online students select your institution rather than the others they are considering (75+ percent of these students consider at least two institutions). You can enroll in courses year-round.

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Ivy Central

MARCH 13, 2023

To Test or Not to Test in 2023-24? What Does it Mean to be Test-Optional (2023-24)? Many Universities in the US are remaining Test-Optional for the upcoming application season (2023-24). The University of California, for example, would only use your scores for course placements after you enroll.

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EAB

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Blogs 4 AI priorities for enrollment leaders ChatGPT and the other “new AIs” caught even the most expert of industry watchers by surprise, and fully understanding their potential impact will take some time. That said, forward-thinking practitioners in every field are wasting no time putting this new toolkit to work, often to startling effect.

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Niche

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Read the Public School Survey Results Navigating the survey results Admissions and Marketing Staffing Enrollment Performance and Priorities Marketing Methodology and Respondent Profile Admissions and Marketing Staffing Marketing resources are catching up with admissions, but there’s still room to grow.

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Niche

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This is a recording of a Niche webinar discussing the results of the annual PK-12 State of Enrollment & Marketing Survey. We also looked at how these marketing expenditures differed from what parents shared they responded to at different stages of the funnel in our 2023 K-12 Parent Survey.

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BestColleges

MARCH 14, 2024

California State University reported an enrollment decline of 6.5% Only four of the 23 campuses in the CSU system recorded enrollment growth from 2019-2022. However, there was positive growth in the enrollment of historically excluded groups, with increases in Latino/a and Black student enrollments on multiple campuses.

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EAB

MAY 30, 2023

Blogs How dual enrollment can combat enrollment declines Innovative tips to build and sustain dual enrollment momentum This story was originally published in the League for Innovation’s Innovatus Magazine (March 2023). Since 2020, enrollment at community colleges has declined 5.4

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Ruffaloni

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The way students use technology search for college, the stress and anxiety they face, the economic challenges that impact their ability to afford college, and even the way they question the value of college have created daunting challenges for enrollment managers.

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Niche

JANUARY 8, 2024

In this episode: In the Enrollment Insights Podcast, you’ll hear about novel solutions to problems, ways to make processes better for students and families, and the questions that spark internal reflection and end up changing entire processes. 2:02 – How well do marcom, enrollment, and advancement work together?

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Niche

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A quarter of schools and districts reported having one full-time enrollment professional on staff. Schools and districts with 600 or fewer students (11%) were the most likely to have zero enrollment professionals on staff. Charter schools (25%) were the most likely to report increased enrollment year-over-year.

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Niche

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It’s December, and just like Spotify has served up a summary of your listening activities for the year, we’re serving up our predictions for how the K-12 enrollment marketing landscape may (or may not) change in 2024.

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