Institutions of higher education and students seeking federal financial aid can finally breathe a sigh of relief. After last yearās widely panned FAFSA debacle, this yearās FAFSA has finally launched. And, according to the agency, it has launched āearly.ā The 2025ā26 FAFSA was released on November 21, 2024, 10 days earlier than the original goal...Read More
Here Are The Stats, And How Your Trade School CanBoost Enrollments Theyāre no longer called Gen-Z. With the recent wave of young people getting into the trades, this generation is now referred to as āthe toolbelt generation.ā And the statistics behind this big shift in education and employment goalsare nothing short of astonishing.[1] 78% of...Read More
Weāre running out of kidsā¦ And colleges could soon be running out of students. Beginning with the class of 2025, and progressing into at least 2029, experts have predicted we will experience a 15% decline in the number of high school graduates. As you likely already know, this is called the demographic cliff. And because...Read More
Marketing your school and its programs through various digital media is an absolute necessity. In fact, data has shown that digital advertising can increase your ābrandā awareness by 80% or more. But, while there are literally hundreds of āthingsā you should be doing with your digital marketing, and a laundry list of things you should...Read More
The numbers are nothing short of startling. Over the past decade, over 500 private, nonprofit colleges have shuttered their doors. This year alone, itās been estimated that roughly one college either shuts down or merges with another, every weekā¦ And hundreds more are flashing financial warning signs.[1][2][3] Fact: Over the past 13 years, undergrad enrollments...Read More
You may have the worldās greatest, most detailed EDU sales funnel. You have, what looks like on the surface, a lead gen system or partner that gives you hundreds, maybe thousands of qualified student leads whenever you need them. You have a talented, hand-selected group of marketers, lead fosterers and nurturers in your enrollment departmentā¦...Read More
Make no bones about it, last yearās FAFSA debacle caused widespread havoc and panic among students, families and institutions of higher education. In January, CNBC said, āRocky FAFSA Rollout Leaves Millions of Students, Families Frustratedā ā¦ [1] In February, the Los Angels Times said of it, āThis is Just the Biggest Fiascoā ā¦[2] And in...Read More
With the higher education landscape drastically shifting and enrolling new students becoming more difficult than perhaps ever before, institutions of higher education should be aware of the following statistics. 691 million. The number of Google search results for the various versions of āOnline degree in ai.ā 61.8%: The portion of recent high school grads that...Read More
691 million. Thatās the number of Google search results for the various versions of āonline degree in ai.ā 691 million! Considering the first bachelorās degree program in AI was launched just six years ago at Carnegie Mellon, this is an astounding level of interest. Itās especially astounding considering the āonlineā aspect of the Google search...Read More
For over a decade, graduate degree programs have been a cash cow for colleges and universities. Between 2010 and 2021, overall enrollments in graduate school programs grew by a robust 9%; this, as undergrad enrollment plummeted 15%.[1] But even though graduate program enrollments have been quite strong, and have been a godsend for struggling institutions,...Read More
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