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A blog of higher ed trends, strategies and solutions
Cycle Planning


The Enrollment Communications Audit: A Step-by-Step Guide Before You Build Your Next Cycle
If something worked last year, it is tempting to reset it and run it again. But students change. Generations shift. And a comm flow that performed well in 2022 may be doing something very different in 2027. Here is how to find out before you build.

Laura Rudolph
Jul 113 min read


Leadership, Are You Listening? The Case for a Reverse Town Hall This Summer
This one is for the cabinet. Every enrollment and marketing team has people on staff who know exactly what's broken. The information exists. It just doesn't travel. Summer is the window to change that — before the next cycle starts carrying the same weight the last one did.

Laura Rudolph
Apr 206 min read


HB 307: Kentucky Just Changed the Rules on Admissions. Is Your Team Ready?
Kentucky’s proactive admissions law is officially on the books — and it raises questions that go well beyond policy. Who’s already in your pipeline? How do you sort a new population you’ve never recruited before? And is your CRM actually ready? Here’s where to start.

Laura Rudolph
Apr 128 min read
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