Enrollment Catalyst

APRIL 10, 2025

Lets break down why these surveys matter more than everand how your school can use them to drive strategy, retention, and trust. The Parent Perspective: Engagement + Retention Parents are your most important ambassadorsand your greatest retention tool. This makes surveys a key part of your enrollment and retention strategy.

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Peterson's Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Enhances Retention and Memory The psychology of “rewards” in gamification can strengthen memory and retention. With Peterson’s Test Prep , you’ll find explanations for answers to provide high retention of learning material. Feedback loops (e.g., Gamification is a supplemental rather than a primary teaching method.

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Ruffaloni

APRIL 18, 2025

On-demand webinars: RNL offers webinars such as Amplifying Excellence: Enhancing Student Success and Retention at HBCUs , which explore data on first-year students and HBCUS while providing strategies to support student retention and degree attainment.

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Ruffaloni

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Gain a comprehensive view of your employee experience The updated CESS measures key aspects of faculty and staff morale, including workplace recommendations, overall job satisfaction, and retention rates.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

APRIL 16, 2025

Whether youre trying to track your enrollment funnel, streamline your recruitment process, or boost retention, CRM systems offer many unique marketing benefits for your institution. Beyond recruitment, CRM systems are crucial in improving student engagement and retention particularly when data from a Student Information System is integrated.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

JULY 16, 2025

One that doesn’t just manage applicants, but empowers strategy, fosters connection, and drives retention. It strengthens student retention by providing advisors with access to academic history, risk indicators, and automated nudges that support at-risk students from the very start of their academic journey.

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HelloCollege

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Tutors take the time to understand how a student learns best and adapt their methods accordingly, which can make a significant difference in comprehension and retention. Personalized Attention: Customizing instruction to suit individual learning styles. Supplemental Learning: Reinforcing classroom material or preparing for exams.

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Niche

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

From merit and need-based to transfer and retention scholarships, review your current scholarship offerings. Consider offering Free Application Days, during which some schools and states waive application fees for all during certain periods.

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Ruffaloni

MAY 15, 2025

Plug the leak As the demographic cliff approaches, institutions must prioritize student success and retention strategies. Our report on retention practices provides very helpful benchmarks and ideas for student success strategies.)

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Simply Admissions

JANUARY 16, 2025

Research shows that the spacing effect spreading out study sessions over timeboosts retention and enhances long-term memory. Instead of cramming all these activities into one large block, schedule smaller, more frequent sessions.

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Simply Admissions

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Since this is how we naturally retain information, it only makes sense that applying the same method to studying would lead to stronger content retention and better test performance. 3) Practice Active Recall Reading notes might feel comfortable, but it doesnt always lead to real retention.

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Ruffaloni

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Ensure that graduate marketing, recruitment, enrollment, and retention, are getting the same level of attention as are your undergraduate processes. Finally, assume that it will take 2-2.5 years for new programs to break even.

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Niche

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

From merit and need-based to transfer and retention scholarships, review current scholarship offerings for incoming freshmen and expand opportunities where you can. Offer resources and workshops on financial aid applications , and work to clarify the FAFSA process to reduce anxiety.

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CampusESP

JUNE 17, 2025

They shared wins, roadblocks, and how they’re rethinking the role families play in enrollment, retention, and giving. It’s a data-backed driver of yield, retention, and giving. 80 institutions in the room. 18 presenters on stage. Our customers didn’t just attend, they led. Here are our top four takeaways — and what to do next.

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AdmissionSight

MARCH 20, 2025

Methods involving flashcards, concept maps, note-taking, and teaching others help reinforce key information and improve your retention by encouraging active recall. Engage with your AP Exam material more by using active learning techniques. Use past exams and practice tests.

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AdmissionSight

MAY 8, 2025

Enhanced memory retention When it comes to remembering what you study, classical music for studying can give you a surprising edge. Studies suggest that listening to the best classical music for studying can improve memory retention by creating a positive emotional environment and engaging both hemispheres of the brain. Absolutely.

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Emerging College Consulting

JUNE 6, 2025

A simple Google search like “ [College Name] Common Data Set ” will usually get you there.

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Peterson's Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

You’ll want to apply your knowledge of the best study techniques for direct information intake and retention, so that you can use these skills in the future. Your study skills should naturally lead to technical abilities in the subjects you take.

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Niche

APRIL 22, 2025

It’s not just a nice touch, it directly improves yield and first-year retention. For example, t he University of British Columbia offers pre-arrival orientation, visa support, and “transition coaches” to help international students ease in. They even provide pre-semester English language boot camps and housing help.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

APRIL 9, 2025

Authentic storytelling also strengthens retention and alumni relations. By showcasing genuine experiences through student interviews, alumni journeys, and behind-the-scenes campus life, your school appears more transparent and welcoming.

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Cornells retention rate of 97% of students returning after their first year is another sign that they feel supported and want to stay. Cornell holds its own alongside schools like Columbia and Penn, far above the national average of around 63%.

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AdmissionSight

JULY 22, 2025

Active recall, where you test yourself on what you know, is particularly effective for memory retention compared to simply re-reading or highlighting your notes.</li> Doing so helps improve memory retention since you’re pulling back information before you’re likely to forget it.</li>

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Enrollment Catalyst

MAY 28, 2025

Social media is your real-time window into school life, and when done right, it becomes a tool for both retention and recruitment. Parents love seeing their kids onlineand future families are watching. I tell schools that content is always king. And if youre not telling your story, who is?

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Peterson's Blog

MAY 28, 2025

This allows educators to craft tailored study solutions that not only address problems but also fundamentally improve learning retention and boost test scores, empowering students to navigate their academic journey with clarity and confidence.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Look at key stats: freshman retention rates, graduation rates, class availability, and whether you’ll have access to academic support, like advisors and tutoring. Are the academics a good match for me? Make sure the academic environment suits your goals. You want a challenge, but you don’t want to burn out in your first semester.

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Expert Admissions

JULY 2, 2025

The campus culture emphasizes inclusivity and student engagement, with more than 1,000 student organizations, a very high freshman retention rate of 97%, and a community that encourages students to put themselves out there and find their niche.

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Peterson's Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Engaging videos with interactive lessons scratch beneath the surface on more advanced topics to improve participation and enforce longer retention. Each course is created by a team of specialists that accurately depict the layout and difficulty of every exam.

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Ruffaloni

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Develop clear scholarship retention criteria. Highlight internship-to-career pathways. Emphasize four-year graduation rates’ impact on total cost. Reimagine merit strategy Expand mid-range merit band opportunities. Create post-enrollment scholarship opportunities. Consider guaranteed merit aid programs.

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Parry College Counseling: College Admissions Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

I loved learning about the robust support system, which includes required, regular meetings with an academic advisor, a range of affinity and identity groups, and the flexibility to change majors once enrolled (and still graduate on time).

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AdmissionSight

JULY 12, 2025

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CampusESP

DECEMBER 18, 2024

of comms that keep families excited over the summer, so students arrive on campus in the fall Month-to-month roadmap for family communication An easy-to-follow playbook on what families need to know to help you set your strategy 2024 Student Retention Case Study Student success is your mission (and ours!).

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AdmissionSight

JULY 18, 2025

Build retention with active recall and spaced review.</h3> .</li> <li class="ai-optimize-410" aria-level="1">Know what a graph is showing. For example, is it the rate of change or the original function?</li> </li> </ul> <h3 class="ai-optimize-411">6.

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Niche

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

From merit and need-based to transfer and retention scholarships, review your current scholarship offerings for incoming freshmen. Consider offering Free Application Days, during which some schools and states waive application fees for all during certain periods, often in the fall.

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Niche

MAY 30, 2025

Maximizing student retention Keeping students can be as challenging as recruiting them. Chatbots help not only with recruitment but also by supporting ongoing engagement and retention.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

MAY 7, 2025

Administrators might lean towards metrics and retention rates. Traditional measurements include retention rates (are students returning each semester?), Stories have a way of transforming abstract content as retention initiatives into relatable human experiences that inspire action. Now, these numbers matter.

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Even though thats about 1/3rd their incoming class size, Vanderbilt still has a retention rate of 96%, which leads us to believe that they hold space for transfer applicants in addition to filling the gaps left by students who leave. They have a overall, first-year acceptance rate of 6%, but a transfer acceptance rate of 19%.

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HelloCollege

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Starting too late can lead to cramming, which seldom results in long-term retention or understanding. This approach underlines the importance of continuous, rather than sporadic, effort, promoting a balanced workload that fosters deeper understanding and retention. Balancing Test Prep with Life Dont forget to have fun, however.

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