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Cultivating Tomorrow’s HBCU Leaders: The H.E.L.F. Foundation Effect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is an HBCU-centric program, and we are unapologetic about it,” says Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard, who served as president of Wilberforce University from 2018 until his retirement in 2023. Felton While H.E.L.F. You can’t do innovation without strong human capital,” says Felton, adding that collaboration among HBCUs is the model.

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The 4 E’s of Enrollment Management

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

Strategies for Engaging, Empowering, Educating, and Enrolling Prospective Students Changing demographics, technology advancements, and perceptions about the value of a college degree have dramatically altered the higher education landscape. What Are the 4 E’s of Enrollment Management? Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By the time the mid-1980s rolled around, Stout was tasked with developing a strategic enrollment management plan for Harford. Since 2018, she has been coaching Harford toward improving success measures. My data mindset was shaped very early in my leadership career, Stout says in an interview with Diverse.

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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

It takes an entire campus to enroll the new first-year class,” said Tina McEntire, UNCG’s vice chancellor for enrollment management. Similarly, Iowa State University saw its most significant first-year enrollment increase since 2018, Ames Tribune reports.

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This is the big risk lurking behind recent college closures

University Business

A new analysis of the so-called enrollment cliff finds most colleges are “at no risk of closing” but face a far more realistic threat. In 2018, 236 colleges closed compared to 32 in 2020 and 99 in 2023.

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How to uncover hidden threats in past enrollment trends

EAB

Even leaders not immersed in the day-to-day realities of enrollment management are well aware of the coming contraction. But fewer leaders are familiar with how the share of these potential students who will enroll is changing— college-going rates. How can we amplify those efforts moving forward?

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Advice From Advocates of Lean Higher Ed

Collegis Education Data Management

The topic of process improvement and ways to increase efficiencies had our audience’s attention at the February 2018 Collegis Enrollment Growth Summit. Resource constrained colleges are looking for ways to do more with less.