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[1] best paying trade jobs - Google Search [2] 25 Highest Paying Trade School Jobs for 2025 & Their Career Outlook | Research.com
647,000,000 page results. Thatā€™s what Google produces when you search ā€œbest paying trade jobs.ā€ [1]Thatā€™s an enormous number of results. But who would search ā€œbest paying trade jobsā€? People who are looking to get into the trades, of course! This is why your school should seriously consider adding the 18 programs that lead to the...
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Are Colleges Subsidizing Brick and Mortar Classes with Fees from Online Learners?
It wasnā€™t long ago that almost every prospective college student ā€œknewā€ that earning a college degree online was probably far cheaper than earning one in person. This, not only because of the higher costs associated with living on campus or commuting to one dailyā€¦ But because credit hours were assumed to be cheaper to earn...
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Should You Market Your Online Programs to Current College Students?
Once a prospective student enrolls in college, itā€™s game over. Theyā€™ve committed the next four or five years to that institution, and even thinking about marketing your school to those committed students would be a tremendous waste of money, right? Well, not so fast. New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) shows...
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25 Degree/Certification Programs: Your School Should Offerā€¦
Because Adult Learners Want Them! There are a number of reasons why adults choose to enroll in post-secondary degree programs. But perhaps the top reason they enroll, especially online, is the ability to continue working while striving towards a better paying job once they graduate. However, as you also know, there are a number of...
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Why Your Trade School Should Consider Marketing its Programs To ā€œOlderā€ Adults
Over the past ten years or so, more and more recent high school grads have forgone college and, instead, have enrolled in a trade program. Of course, if you operate either a trade school or a college, you may know why. Much of todayā€™s ā€œyouthā€ sees college as an expensive, time consuming and non-guaranteed way...
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The 12 Major Differences Between Call Centers & US-Based, EDU-Focused Lead Gen Contact Centers
Can I speak with your supervisor? This may be one of the most often asked questions a call center representative will hear. But this question may hardly ever be asked of an Edu-focused, US-based contact center agentā€¦ And Hereā€™s Why Call CentersUS-Based Edu Lead Gen Contact CentersPrimarily contact leads by telephone onlyContact qualified leads by...
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Huge Numbers of Adults Want to Enroll in Collegeā€¦ So, Whatā€™s Stopping Them?
If the demographic cliff weā€™re experiencing is teaching us anything, itā€™s this: to truly increase enrollment, higher education should be targeting adult learners, those who are already in the workforce, rather than targeting the dwindling pool of recent and upcoming high school grads. There are tens of millions of adult Americans ā€“ including 36.8 million...
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12 Statistics That Show Why Students Are Choosing Career-Based Educations Over Traditional College
More and more recent high school grads, and adult learners alike are choosing trade and vocational school over college. In fact, last year alone trade-based program enrollments grew by an estimated 16%.[1] Hereā€™s Whyā€¦ 69% of students say colleges charge too much for an undergrad degree.[1] The cost of an undergrad degree has risen 158%...
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Higher Education, A Year in Review
From the failed and delayed 24-25 FAFSA launch in the spring, to the successful and early 25-26 FAFSA launch in the fallā€¦ From encouraging overall college enrollment growth numbers, to a title wave of college budget cuts and closuresā€¦ From the promise of student loan debt forgiveness, to the courts mostly thwarting the ideaā€¦ From...
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Survey Says: The Most Valuable Educations Areā€¦
Picture this. Itā€™s 1985, the stock market is roaring, the economy is growing at a robust pace, and over the past ten years, college enrollments have increased by over 1 million students.[1] Traditional higher education, and its outcomes for students are on a roll. With this in mind, youā€™re tasked with heading off to the...
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