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Getting in touch with seniors is harder than AP Calculus.

Students screen...

Meet prospective students where they are: their phones

Your Admissions team...

When the staff at your college or university sends a text, it’s only the...

Self-service technology like Harmony can help prospective students cross the...

If your communication strategy only includes texting your student population,...

A prospective student showed interest, asked questions, and committed to...

While students prefer texting to phone calls and emails, you can never rely on...

While it’s always a concern for admissions teams that high school graduates...

Visitors to higher education websites expect to find information or complete a...

Whether or not you use Cadence, Mongoose’s texting platform, is irrelevant...

As the higher ed community navigates COVID-19, schools are transitioning to an...

Onondaga Community College had a need to increase student retention, but the...

Hint: Don’t pretend you’re the person who just retired

People go on vacation....

What kind of impression is your school website making to visitors and potential...

"The best way to help students manage the stress [of applying to schools] is...

Jacksonville State University is a 4-year public institution that faced a...

“You can look at the IP addresses. We can actually see 10-15% of the...

Like many schools, Florida Southern College (FSC) had declining enrollment...

Each cycle, admissions staffs across the country work hard to make their...

Online students are traditionally self-starters looking to progress faster in...

There is no denying the importance of the parents’ role in college application...

The number of jobs requiring a graduate degree has increased by over 300%...

Is a story more powerful than statistics? Ellen Treanor, associate vice...

Jens Larson, Director of Student Communications at Eastern Washington...

St. Michael’s Assistant Director of Admissions Jake Joseph discusses how a...

If there’s one thing to take away from this blog, it’s this: Before you hit...

Save time and improve response rates with these convenient templates.

We’ve...

It’s always interesting to see what leading institutions are doing to leverage...

• Dear Bertram: Should I partner with the Common App or the Coalition App? I am...

Texting is an extremely simple yet powerful medium to use when communicating...

Texting templates are critical because (and be careful not to fall off your...

A long, long time ago (okay, like 6 years ago) it was only possible to text...

There isn’t one magic medium that will work every time for every parent, which...

PPY = Prior-Prior Year Income Data for the FAFSA

Beginning in October 2016...

How to achieve higher yield rates, and other lessons learned through a full...

Practical tips to new increase transfer enrollment

Transfer students have very...

Suzanne Petrusch, VP Enrollment and Marketing at Presbyterian College, began...

In an age when leaving a student a voicemail is the equivalent of stuffing a...

Parents are the most important influencers for prospective students, which is...

The bottom line:

There’s a clear correlation between admissions reps who are...

Ever feel like you’re the redheaded stepchild? May passes and the rest of your...

Start sooner, since parents’ influence is the strongest earlier in the process

You already manage student privacy when it comes to emails, phone calls and...

So much work goes into your college’s communications strategy, from deciding...

The infants who worked touchscreens like Beethoven on a piano are products of...