Admissions.Blog

APRIL 7, 2025

The way we approach higher education is changing. When schools shut down, online learning quickly became the only way forward. When schools shut down, online learning quickly became the only way forward. Since then, online education has grown beyond just a backup option.

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 15, 2025

A low GPA wont automatically disqualify you from higher education since many colleges recognize that academic performance alone doesnt define a students potential. It offers both on-campus and online programs, whether for certificates, bachelor’s degrees, and master’s.

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AdmissionSight

JULY 5, 2025

</h2> <p class="ai-optimize-264"><strong>Cornell’s summer offerings for high school students are housed under its Precollege Studies program, which is run by the School of Continuing Education (SCE). </strong>All students must have strong English proficiency to be successful at Cornell.

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Ruffaloni

JANUARY 20, 2025

As I reviewed the new IPEDS data release last week, I was looking for the data and intelligence that would be most helpful for online enrollment leaders to have in hand to underpin and inform this years success. Online and partially online enrollment continue to dominate growth. Perhaps more important, 3.2

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

APRIL 29, 2025

Youll also need a Master of Physician Assistant Studies from a program approved by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). If the program youre considering is fully remote, make sure it includes this before applying, and make sure any online program is fully accredited by ARC-PA.

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AdmissionSight

APRIL 14, 2025

in 2019, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) High School Transcript Study (HSTS). Their highly rated online programs let you earn your degree from anywhere, making it easier to balance school with work, family, or other commitments. Heres how GPAs are typically converted to a 4.0 A 93-96 4.0

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Ruffaloni

JANUARY 26, 2023

Andrea Carroll-Glover Andrea Carroll-Glover has built online programs from the ground up at each of the institutions at which she has worked. Since joining the Capella University team more than 15 years ago, and then leading online development efforts at St.

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Ruffaloni

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Andrea Carroll-Glover From Capella, to Rasmussen, to Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Andrea Carroll-Glover has led online programs for big institutions, small institutions, and helped at every other size and shape since she began working in higher education 15 years ago.

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Ivy Central

APRIL 12, 2023

Wharton Global Youth Online Program This is the second part of a three-part series on Wharton Global Youth Summer Programs. The Wharton Global Youth Program provides a plethora of educational programs. They can participate in On-Campus , Online , or Location-based Programs.

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Ruffaloni

AUGUST 28, 2024

As I said in my introduction, when I need to know about the latest developments in online education, I have come to rely on Phil’s research and analysis. Through the prism of one of Phil’s recent blogs on the “ enrollment turbulence ” facing institutions, our conversation focused on how proposed changes to three U.S.

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Ruffaloni

JULY 11, 2024

Navigating the crowded waters of online higher education requires a standout positioning strategy. Differentiating between one program and the next can be hard for prospective students. Insights into student preferences and market dynamics Understanding online student motivations will help you engage and enroll them.

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Ruffaloni

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

million additional undergraduates were pushed into all online (or for many “emergency remote”) courses in fall 2020, only 2.5 million undergraduates made the decision to enroll in all face-to-face (F2F) classroom students in 2021, after 5.9 million fewer all online students in 2021 in comparison with only 1.8 percent per year).

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Department of Education has finally released its first look into the 2022-2023 academic year. Their IPEDS snapshot data showcase how many students were enrolled in different types of programs on a given fall semester day. What do the new data mean for institutions that have pivoted quickly to expand their online offerings?

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Ruffaloni

JANUARY 26, 2023

Snapshot Data are used by almost everyone in higher education to help understand trends and dynamics. While the November blog indicated that Snapshot Data undercounted total enrollment by nearly 6 million students in 2019 (the last pre-pandemic year), I didn’t go too far into where these missing students were hidden.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In my last blog, Creating an Environment for Success , I shared strategies that enrollment leaders should employ to effectively manage their teams while meeting the challenges brought by declining student enrollment. Multiple specialized units (graduate, undergraduate, online, accelerated, adult, etc.)

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Ruffaloni

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Growing online enrollment is one of the most effective strategies institutions can employ to counterbalance the oncoming shortfall of traditional undergraduates. The post OPMs, Oversight, and Online Education in the Crosshairs appeared first on Ruffalo Noel Levitz. government are complicating life for many institutions.

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Ruffaloni

JUNE 28, 2023

What is the long term impact of the pandemic on graduate enrollment? I wanted to hold off providing an answer until we have the 2021 academic year data, knowing that the real answer will only come with a few more years of enrollment trend data. Source: RNL Analysis of IPEDS Fall Enrollment Snapshot data.

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Ruffaloni

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Having focused on the returning adult student for more than 20 years, I have often thought that 12-month (academic year) unduplicated headcount data better portray adult student participation in higher education than the fall snapshot data that is commonly used to understand of the “shape” of the market. What the data show. million students.)

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Ruffaloni

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Are your online courses optimized for the way students learn? Student expectations are key for online enrollment. While increased demand for online learning has driven enrollment growth, simply having an online program may not be enough to attract and retain students.

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Ruffaloni

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Picture this…Sally Smith is a professional in a specialized career and wishes to continue her education. Through a search (and some magic algorithmics) she has found the perfect niche program at ABC University and requests more information. So, how do we meet these students, like Sally, where they are? Meet RNL Enable.

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Ruffaloni

APRIL 22, 2024

This year’s agenda is set and it full to the brim with sessions that will engage you, inform you, and prepare you to go back to your campus and affect change and advance enrollment. The stress and anxiety of the college anticipation don’t end with enrollment.

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Ruffaloni

JULY 11, 2024

Your competition is investing in SEO In a recent poll of higher education professionals, 39 percent said they worked on SEO within the last month, meaning your competition is working to improve their visibility and web ranking. Let’s set up a time to talk. Contact us 4.

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Ruffaloni

MAY 24, 2023

Given the expected and continuing shortfalls in traditional undergraduate enrollment, institutions continue to pivot to the graduate populations to replace the lost revenue from the declines of the traditional student enrollment. Do institutions need to invest more in graduate education? This reality was not surprising.

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Ruffaloni

OCTOBER 27, 2022

RNL’s new survey of more than 100 institutional marketing and recruitment leaders confirms that significant investments have been made in building and promoting online programs since the pandemic began. Read the report for more information about the availability of online programs by level and how they are expanding their offerings.

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Ruffaloni

AUGUST 28, 2024

Over the last few years, RNL has reported that the online education market is in the midst of a generational transition. Today, all but 24 percent of online students are within this new demographic. These factors make the development of target personas for each online program critical.

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Ruffaloni

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Phil Hill : A big part of writing both the blog on the 2019-20 data and the 2020-21 data blog (on the need to focus on 12-month unduplicated enrollment rather than fall snapshot) was to point out how much we’ve needed this type of data. Read the 2022 Online Program Marketing Practices Report.

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Ruffaloni

MAY 24, 2023

“Choosing to only offer classroom bachelor’s programs will not force students seeking online study to choose between an online program and your classroom program. She has a way of enunciating the case for online education with the clarity and simplicity that makes people listen.

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Ruffaloni

AUGUST 30, 2023

Every year, I look forward to the release of the Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) report from QM and Eduventures, which shares results from a national survey of chief online officers (COOs) across higher education. for adult undergraduates and 50.6% for graduate students), this figure is still striking.

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BestColleges

APRIL 7, 2023

Online program managers coordinate and run online degree programs for many colleges and universities. It's unclear, however, how pervasive these companies are in higher education. OPMs have become a hot topic in higher education policy circles, but for the uninitiated, it can be hard to understand why.

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Ruffaloni

MARCH 31, 2023

Every bit of data we can lay our hands on indicates that online education remains the part of the higher education market with the most untapped potential. This becomes particularly important as we see the online education market becoming an increasingly local one.

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BestColleges

JULY 26, 2023

Online programs at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) offer the same sense of community and purpose as on-campus programs but with greater flexibility to earn a degree on your schedule. million online students — almost 15% of all U.S. postsecondary learners — online degrees are widely accepted.

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Ruffaloni

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As the landscape of higher education continues to evolve, institutions are faced with the challenge of distinguishing their programs from others. New RNL research shows that graduate enrollment is normalizing , with a significant shift towards online education. different programs, years of study, and backgrounds).

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Ruffaloni

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Josh Kim , who has led institutional efforts at Dartmouth College to develop an online education strategy, and writes regularly on all thing related to online education (and more) in his Academic Innovation blog on Inside Higher Education. led institutional recruitment and enrollment operations.

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Ruffaloni

MARCH 28, 2024

The key challenge for many schools has been not just a lack of bandwidth, but also not having the in-house expertise needed to create, manage, market for, recruit, and enroll students in online programs. leads, marketing materials/creative, online web presence for the online programs, revenue, etc.)

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Ruffaloni

MARCH 31, 2023

As a former higher education instructor, she is passionate about education and ready to apply her broad marketing knowledge within higher education. Charles Ramos Charles Ramos, Vice President, Graduate and Online Enrollment Management. Dererk Kirby Derek Kirby, Director of Marketing Strategy.

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