Admissions.Blog

APRIL 7, 2025

The Rise of Online Learning Online learning has been around for years, but it wasnt always viewed as credible. Before 2020, it was often seen as a backup for those juggling work, distance, or other commitments, and employers questioned its quality compared to in-person programs. Online programs also tend to be more affordable.

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 15, 2025

It offers both on-campus and online programs, whether for certificates, bachelor’s degrees, and master’s. The school has programs for the arts like Digital Media Design to health professions like Emergency Medical Services. There is also a student support services program for first-generation college students.

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AdmissionSight

APRIL 23, 2025

Consider trade or technical programs. Look into accredited online programs. Stay academically engaged in your field of interest and learn something newfrom programming to art to business. Plan trips meaningfully by joining language immersion, cultural programs , or volunteer projects overseas. Travel with purpose.

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AdmissionSight

JULY 5, 2025

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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

First, well detail what PA programs typically entail, how you can choose the one thats best for you, and what resources exist to help you finance the degree. 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).

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AdmissionSight

APRIL 14, 2025

Their highly rated online programs let you earn your degree from anywhere, making it easier to balance school with work, family, or other commitments. Its unique STEAM programs include degrees in Exercise Science, Cybersecurity, and Digital Media and Design. GPA, but you might not qualify for the most competitive programs.

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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. All participants who successfully complete the program earn a Wharton Global Youth Certificate of Completion.

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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

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. Why bachelor’s programs? Emily indicated that many institutional stakeholders have reservations about offering online bachelor’s programs.

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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. Accessed via Lightcast TM.

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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

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

The fall enrollment snapshot that we have relied on is undercounting online student by 75 percent among undergraduates and 44 percent among graduate students. Here’s what we found: Undergraduate : Among undergraduate students enrolling in all formats of study, fall snapshot data undercount total enrollment by 34 percent (missing 5.6

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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. If you do, does that mean you know which lead sources result in the most program graduates?

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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

APRIL 27, 2023

What are the greatest challenges in a successful annual marketing and recruitment planning process for graduate programs or online programs? This is most often a lack of the types of enrollment trend data or other historical data that underpin almost everything in an annual marketing and recruitment plan.

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Ruffaloni

APRIL 27, 2023

The full program is ready and it is jam-packed with content. Here are a few key sessions that graduate and online enrollment managers will not want to miss. The session will build on Susan’s RNL white paper last year focused on Creating a World-Class Online Degree Program.

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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

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. Student feedback is essential for optimizing your marketing efforts.

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Ruffaloni

JULY 11, 2024

Higher education is an increasingly competitive marketplace for each prospect that could be a future enrolled student at your institution. Our 2022 research among online program marketers indicates even higher proportions of leads coming from these two sources. Let’s set up a time to talk. Contact us 4.

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Ruffaloni

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Through a search (and some magic algorithmics) she has found the perfect niche program at ABC University and requests more information. To her surprise, she is contacted within minutes about her interest and is then transferred to an ABC University enrollment coach, whom she will work with for the remainder of her experience.

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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

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. We also know that more institutions are launching online programs than ever before, creating more “supply” with which long-standing providers will have to compete.

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Ruffaloni

AUGUST 28, 2024

Today, all but 24 percent of online students are within this new demographic. We now need to understand whether this represents a seismic shift in how we market, position, recruit for, and organize our online programs, or a more nuanced one. These factors make the development of target personas for each online program critical.

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Ivy Central

APRIL 20, 2023

Brown University offers a wide variety of summer programs for high school students. The programs provide an opportunity to explore academic interests, develop skills, and experience Ivy League campus life. The first program was established in 1986. Most of the Brown Pre-College Program courses are not for credit.

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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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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

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. Here is an abridged summary of our conversation. SJ: You think EdTech every day.

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Ruffaloni

AUGUST 30, 2023

Student demand continues to shift online The headline findings from this report center around the demand for online learning compared to face-to-face courses, as illustrated by enrollment shifts. Several key figures illustrate this point: Continuing student interest and corresponding enrollment growth in fully online programs.

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Ruffaloni

MARCH 31, 2023

While president of University of Maryland Global Campus, she developed their first online master’s degree in cybersecurity ( you can read her excellent white paper on how she did this ). Every institution is known for certain academic programs where you’re ranked fairly highly in the country. I mean hundreds of students.

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Ruffaloni

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Their IPEDS snapshot data showcase how many students were enrolled in different types of programs on a given fall semester day. While these are important data, I have previously written that the best data on format preferences reflect enrollment over the full 12-month academic year. Undergraduate In 2022 more than 2.2

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Ruffaloni

MARCH 30, 2023

Last month, I presented overview data documenting how satisfied graduate and online students are with their chosen programs, but this month I want to focus on how these data can help recruitment leaders in planning strategies that can optimally position institutions and programs for success.

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