Let’s get this out of the way: mass email isn’t a communication strategy. It’s a broadcast. And students aren’t tuning
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At US-based colleges and universities, another busy academic year is drawing to a close. But far from taking a breather in advance of the languid pace of a recuperative summer vacation, these institutions—and the international student populations ...
Far be it from us to say notifications don’t work. In fact, the 2025 Mongoose Benchmark Reports reveal that prospective students at 4-year institutions who receive reminders and alerts are 3.7 times more likely to take key enrollment actions than ...
Ever wondered what keeps conversations going (and students moving forward) in higher education? The answer lies in the evolution of higher ed messaging, where personalization and smart automation are changing the game. Spoiler: It’s not generic ...
For college and university retention teams—including VPs of Student Success, Advising and Academic Support Directors, and Retention Specialists—the state of students’ tenacity at their chosen schools is a classic good-news, bad-news ...
Not all messages land the same. Student engagement benchmarks show that some conversations in higher education consistently see lower resolution rates and more neutral or even negative sentiment than others. Drawing on the latest insights from ...
You don’t need more messages. You need more meaningful conversations. That’s the core takeaway from Every Conversation Matters: Learnings from Millions of Conversations with Students, a webinar hosted by Mongoose and The Chronicle of Higher ...
It takes more than one department to build meaningful student and alumni relationships. From admissions and marketing to IT, student success services, and advancement, each team contributes to making students feel valued and supported throughout ...
See their feels. Shape their future. That’s the idea behind Mongoose’s newest product release — the Conversation Intelligence Dashboard — a major step forward in helping institutions understand not just how much they’re communicating, but ...
In the fast-changing world of higher ed, one thing is clear: conversations—not just messages—are what move students forward. This year, Mongoose analyzed over 80 million messages and 16 million unique conversations to uncover how colleges and ...
