Weathering a Year of Increased Student Price Sensitivity

Jon Boeckenstedt, associate vice president of enrollment management at DePaul University, and Joseph Russo, director of student financial strategies at the University of Notre Dame, offer advice on assessing price sensitivity as you look to weather the next year. What No One Should Be Doing Boeckenstedt advises against one common scenario in which a cabinet […]

Presidential Transition Guide Resources

In addition to the book, this suite of tools will provide a comprehensive walkthrough of the presidential transition process, helping your institution set up its new president for success.

Practical Strategies for Partnering with Faculty in Student Recruitment

W. Kent Barnds offers seven strategies for involving faculty in student recruitment in ways that are meaningful and effective. Here’s how to do it right. Admissions teams often ask: “How do we effectively involve faculty members in student recruitment?” This question has even more urgency now, given enrollment pressures throughout higher education. It only makes […]

Key Components for a Competitive Pricing Strategy

In this difficult economy, higher education has seen a rapid rise in demand for need-based aid and a decline in the ability of many student applicants and their families to pay the costs of college tuition. Institutions have been responding to the economic pressure in a variety of ways — sharp tuition increases, tuition freezes, […]

Using Social Media Creatively to Increase Donor and Alumni Engagement

Using Social Media Creatively to Increase Donor and Alumni Engagement One training suite, six modules Keep your social content and ideas fresh and exciting across platforms. Learn how to keep social content and ideas fresh and exciting across platforms. In this suite, Lynne Wester will show examples of how to incorporate fun, gratitude, and conversation […]

3 Ways You Are Mishandling Involuntary Leaves

Interview originally conducted in October 2014. Addressing issues of self-harm can be tricky and complicated for institutions. The complexities lie in the conundrum between providing appropriate support to students who engage in self-harming behaviors and complying with regulatory action propagated by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). To help your […]

John D. Head, Ed. D.

Dr. John Head has worked in higher education for 28 years, serving both public and private institutions in Georgia and Tennessee. He currently serves as the Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management at the University of West Georgia. In his current position, he is responsible for nine units in the division of Student Affairs and […]

Rebel Smith

Rebel Smith is currently Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs for the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University. She is passionate about student success and focuses on recruitment and retention.

Joanna Brooks

Associate Vice President for Faculty Advancement and Student Success at San Diego State University Joanna Brooks is an award-winning writer and author/editor of ten books on race, religion, gender, social movements, and American culture. In her role as Associate Vice President for Faculty Advancement and Student Success at San Diego State University, she leads faculty development […]

Russ Little

Russ Little is a recognized subject matter expert in the use of technology to address student success, retention and completion challenges, and integrated planning and advising services (IPAS) and learner analytics. Russ is a frequent speaker and presenter on these topics at national conferences and events including Educause, Complete College America, and the League for […]