StandOut College Prep

JANUARY 10, 2025

January Farmers Mutual Hail Company National FFA Scholarship This provides $1,500 to an individual who is a fourth year high school student or in college, who plans on obtaining a bachelors degree in one of four specified areas at a higher educational institution, who has a GPA of 3.0 The deadline to apply is January 9th.

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Ruffaloni

APRIL 13, 2023

How do you deliver great video content that’s personalized to students without taking up valuable bandwidth of marketing and recruitment teams that are already stretched? Each will feel that their videos are tailored to their interests, increasing their engagement and making them more likely to keep progressing toward 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

OCTOBER 26, 2023

More universities need to adapt to the new enrollment realities. As I travel around the country talking to institutional leaders, I have realized that something has really shifted in higher education. Find out what we can do to help you adapt, enroll, and succeed in this environment. Are You Ready?

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Ruffaloni

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

How can you navigate the trends in graduate enrollment? As I did that, I wanted to address five statistics that keep coming up in my conversations with graduate enrollment leaders. Because CGS does not include some of the institutions with the largest online enrollment in the country, I had some concerns about these data.

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The Enrollment Marketer

APRIL 15, 2025

Graduate enrollment marketing is undergoing a long-overdue shift. The days of blasting out digital ads and expecting prospective students to immediately inquire or even apply are fading. Todays graduate prospects are more discerning, more research-driven, and more skeptical of traditional marketing. Not the ads.

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Ruffaloni

MAY 11, 2023

It is so exciting to be able to announce the publication of the third edition of Strategic Enrollment Planning: A Dynamic Collaboration. Why focus on strategic enrollment planning? Every bit of enrollment growth for one institution is likely to mean a corresponding decline at another. What’s in the new book edition?

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Ruffaloni

APRIL 27, 2023

What is the best way to ensure a healthy enrollment outlook? Planning: holistic strategic enrollment planning. Every president and campus leader knows that enrollment growth (or in some cases stabilization) is crucial to the financial viability of their university. That thing is true Strategic Enrollment Planning (SEP).

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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. Discover groundbreaking strategies, gleaned from real student perspectives, to tailor the college planning experience.

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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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The Enrollment Marketer

APRIL 1, 2025

As I transitioned into my first new company in 14 years, I was eager to see how the shift to inbound enrollment marketing would shape my perspective. For years, when it came to strategies for graduate enrollment marketing, the conversations were dominated by large-scale digital marketing and lead gen, lead gen, and more lead gen.

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Ruffaloni

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Student feedback is essential for optimizing your marketing efforts. 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.

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Ruffaloni

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Graduate students are more likely to enroll at the program that admits them first. Enrollment is everyone’s obligation, and good university leaders embrace the responsibility. This makes a student-centric, efficient, and personalized admissions process not just an option, but a necessity. Where do you start?

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BestColleges

MAY 3, 2023

Note Reference [1] Check Immediate college enrollment for Asian students was 82%, a rate much higher than those for white students (69%), Hispanic and Latino/a students (64%), and Black students (57%). [3] in total fall enrollment — or a decrease of nearly 2 million students. million out of 3.2

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Ruffaloni

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This may sound simple, but higher education—and in particular graduate education—has been guilty of ignoring market trends and expectations, and then applying engagement and communication strategies that fit the academic environment rather than the needs and demands of prospective students.

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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. What do you think the implications are for institutions and for the EdTech sector?

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Ruffaloni

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Earlier this month, the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) released their annual “Graduate Enrollment and Degrees 2012-2022” report. The headline in Inside Higher Education was that graduate enrollment contracted by 4.7 My two go-to data sources are IPEDS and National Student Clearinghouse (NSC).

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Ruffaloni

MAY 24, 2023

Understanding program portfolio performance is a key to enrollment growth. In my work with partner institutions, I often see competing priorities come to light as the marketing team, the enrollment team, and the academic team all have different evaluation tactics for program growth. Program Director: “Invest in my programs!”

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Ruffaloni

AUGUST 30, 2023

Regardless of the common misperception that prospective graduate students do not click on digital ads, they do click, and therefore digital lead generation really does work. I wrote on just this topic in RNL’s recently released RNL 2023 Graduate Student Recruitment Report. The answer?

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College Essay Guy

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund eligibility requirements How to apply for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund The Hispanic Scholarship Fund Application Timeline Other scholarships for Hispanic/Latine students Scholarship application tips Final thoughts What is the Hispanic Scholarship Fund? GPA on a 4.0 GPA on a 4.0

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Harvard is the oldest higher education institute in the US. From world-class offerings to top-rated professors and outstanding resources, Harvard has proven time and time again that it can meet the needs of its students while staying at the forefront of higher education. This track record speaks volumes.

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Data Summary Check Hispanic and Latino/a undergraduate students made up 17.5% of the total student undergraduate population in 2022. [1] 1] Check There were roughly 282,940 Hispanic and Latino/a graduate students, and they made up around 9% of the total graduate student population.

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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 graduate students), this figure is still striking.

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Ruffaloni

JUNE 28, 2023

Social listening for higher education can give individuals, teams, programs, and entire institutions an advantage in multiple ways. In higher education, marketers are often monitoring industries and the economy in general, in addition to their own competitors. How do you know if you’re doing it right?

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JLV College Counseling

MAY 17, 2025

Student Academy Awards Competition Sponsor : Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Amount : Up to $5,000 Closing Date : May 18, 2025 Description : Award is open to student filmmakers who are enrolled as a full-time student in a degree-granting program at a college or university recognized by the SAA Executive Committee.

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Admissions Village

JUNE 19, 2024

College: An institution of higher learning offering a course of studies leading to a bachelor's degree. Colleges typically do not have graduate students. Community College : A public institution of higher learning that leads to a 2-year associates of arts or science degree.

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EAB

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Blogs 4 takeaways from marketing to graduate students in 2023—and predictions for 2024 Insights from a former higher ed CMO I recently returned from the Windy City, where I attended the American Marketing Association ’s (AMA) annual higher ed symposium. by growing lifelong learning offerings.

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Ruffaloni

JANUARY 18, 2024

Professionally, you may have set a goal to better understand the markets (students) your college or university serves, how those markets are changing, and what new markets that may be available to you. If your core markets are declining, there are various strategies to sustain or grow enrollment. Absolutely!

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BestColleges

JUNE 17, 2024

Enrollment in primarily online institutions (POIs) and multistate college programs rose 3.8% Online enrollments are increasing overall, but gains vary by degree level. Distance education graduate schools saw the biggest increase in spring 2024. Private, nonprofit institutions also reported a significant enrollment rise.

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BestColleges

AUGUST 14, 2023

West Virginia University officials proposed cutting 12 undergraduate majors and 20 graduate-level majors as the school faces a $45 million budget shortfall. The cuts would affect several hundred students, accounting for less than 2% of the school's enrollment. million when adjusting for inflation, Allen wrote.

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The Enrollment Marketer

APRIL 15, 2025

Graduate enrollment marketing is undergoing a long-overdue shift. The days of blasting out digital ads and expecting prospective students to immediately inquire or even apply are fading. Todays graduate prospects are more discerning, more research-driven, and more skeptical of traditional marketing. Not the ads.

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Ruffaloni

JUNE 28, 2023

In other recent blogs , I have alluded to the fact that enrollment trend data may be indicating a slowdown (but not decline) at the graduate level. Talk with our graduate and online enrollment experts Ask for a free consultation with us. Here’s an expert view on the digital strategies savvy institutions use.

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BestColleges

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Over half of students (55%) would consider transferring if their college were to abolish diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Even more students (59%) say that if a college they were considering had abolished DEI initiatives, it would have impacted their decision to enroll.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

APRIL 30, 2025

At Higher Education Marketing Agency , we have several years of experience helping schools navigate the social space, converting interest into enrollment, and producing positive outcomes for many schools. Struggling with enrollment? Our expert digital marketing services can help you attract and enroll more students!

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The Enrollment Marketer

APRIL 1, 2025

As I transitioned into my first new company in 14 years, I was eager to see how the shift to inbound enrollment marketing would shape my perspective. For years, when it came to strategies for graduate enrollment marketing, the conversations were dominated by large-scale digital marketing and lead gen, lead gen, and more lead gen.

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The History and Importance of HBCUs HBCUs were established to provide educational opportunities for Black people, specifically formerly enslaved people who were denied access to higher education institutions that were exclusively white. Despite limited resources, HBCUs continue to enroll, retain, and graduate students.

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BestColleges

MARCH 17, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT have professors fretting over the future of higher education. Meanwhile, college students may be wondering: Can AI help on school assignments? So, it's time for higher education to face the generative pre-trained music. And if it does, is it cheating?

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