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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university.

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Adult learners: Who they are & what they want from college

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Blogs Adult learners: who they are and what they want from college Across the last few years, colleges and universities have increasingly prioritized adult learner enrollment to offset declining undergraduate enrollment and diversify revenue streams.

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To design microcredentials that meet student needs, follow these 3 steps

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Rather than trying to build many types of microcredentials all at once, they focus on one specific application of the value of microcredentials. Florida International University (FIU) allows undergraduates to complete an assessment to earn a badge that demonstrates a specific skill they acquired in their undergraduate coursework.

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4 tactics to reach, recruit, and enroll “stealth shoppers”

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One factor making it more difficult to recruit graduate and adult learners is the rise of “stealth shopping.” Stealth shoppers Stealth shoppers are the prospective students who are unknown to your institution until they actually submit an application. For these reasons, nearly all university websites have room for improvement.

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How to recruit specialized business students and grow non-MBA enrollment

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And that’s especially true today: according to GMAC, there have been an increasing number of applications to specialized business master’s programs, while applications to MBA programs have been declining. Explore our research on adult learner motivations and behaviors. Do you participate in corporate partnerships?

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Why growing demand doesn’t guarantee success for cybersecurity programs

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While many university leaders express interest in launching cybersecurity master’s degrees , increasing competition and market concentration threaten all new programs’ ability to capture student attention. Asynchronous, online programs also allow for a larger, more diverse applicant pool. Options for Accelerated Learning.

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4 takeaways from marketing to graduate students in 2023—and predictions for 2024

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As a former university CMO, I always come away from this convening of higher ed marketers energized about the future of marketing and what it means to engage evolving adult learner audiences in the coming year. So, what are the implications of these changes—and how will they impact marketing to graduate and adult students in 2024?