When we’re not actively solving higher education challenges, we’re thinking about them.
And writing about them. And reading about them. And talking about them. Collected here are the insights and resources that we’ve developed to help inspire colleges and universities toward greater relevance, including blog posts, white papers, presentations, videos and worksheets.
Winning Through Customer Experience: How to Create Successful Campus Visits (With or Without the Campus)
October 4, 2017
A prospective student’s visit to campus (particularly when accompanied by family and friends) has long been the indicator of ultimate engagement. Campus visitors yield at substantially higher rates than those who do not visit. Most of our clients report yield rates of admitted students who have visited at more than twice the rate of the…Read more
Here’s What the Marketing Department on Your Campus Should Look Like
July 11, 2017
One of our takeaways from the 2016 Survey of Independent College Presidents we conducted in collaboration with The Lawlor Group was the limited perspective or understanding of marketing’s value to institutions. Carole Arwidson of The Lawlor Group summarized the findings in a post concluding “institutions must embrace how marketing can advance the institution beyond simply…Read more
Where Marketing Fits Into Your Institution’s Org Chart
February 22, 2017
While marketing is finding increasing favor in the higher ed arena—it’s practically a given—most colleges and universities are still uncomfortable with its presence and practice on campus. Consequently, standard models for its placement within the institution have yet to be implemented. Does marketing stand on its own as a department? Is it paired with other…Read more
Why Customer Experience Matters
January 12, 2017
ALERT: In this article, the word “customer” will be used frequently. “Customer” is used to represent any audience such as students, prospects, families, alumni, faculty, legislators, neighbors or hundreds of other individuals or groups with whom you have exchange and interaction. Some in higher ed would argue that because colleges and universities are not businesses…Read more
Risk-Taking and Truth-Telling: Take-Aways From the 2017 CIC Presidents Institute
January 10, 2017
This year’s CIC Presidents Institute’s concluding session featured a panel of presidents who demonstrated leadership in a time of significant transformation on their campuses. Elizabeth Kiss of Agnes Scott College (GA), Walter Kimbrough of Dillard University (LA) and Jeffrey Docking of Adrian College (MI) served on the panel hosted and questioned by Scott Jaschik, editor…Read more
Presidents as Entrepreneurs: How the New Higher Ed Environment Has Transformed Leadership Skill Sets
September 20, 2016
We are living in a new age for American higher ed. Maybe a new era. A future history will tell us the results of this remarkable period of re-invention, re-articulation and re-negotiation of missions and purposes. In his new book Breakpoint: The Changing Marketplace for Higher Education, Jon McGee, Vice President for Planning and Public Affairs at…Read more