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How to Write an Email to College Admissions Counselors

Great College Advice

If you want to communicate with admissions, it’s best to think carefully about how you will communicate with the humans that populate those offices of admission. Further on in this article we’ll address how to write an email to a college admissions counselor if you find yourself in this situation.

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The Art of Persuasion and Personas in Enrollment Marketing

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

That’s the guide we’re all looking for as we face the never-ending challenges of enrollment marketing in higher education, right? Persuasion in Enrollment Marketing Persuasion is more than just the title of an excellent Jane Austen novel. We all know the impact of persuasion in changing minds and convincing people to take an action.

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How two-way texting aids in student support and retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Last spring, when the institutional effectiveness team at Moorpark College conducted student surveys and focus groups as well as data analysis to evaluate the efficacy of student communication, an issue with volume became clear. Discussions involved department needs, communication objectives and staffing capabilities.

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Career-readiness initiatives are missing the mark (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Unfortunately, as a researcher studying these issues at the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT) at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, I’ve come to the conclusion that the dominant discourse and logic driving too many career-readiness initiatives is flawed and merits an immediate course correction.

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Community building: Challenges and opportunities

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

The feedback is unanimous, everybody involved wants more community events and consider their life bettered because of this. Starting with the creation of a new post of Community Engagement Officer, which I took three years ago, we started initiatives that were open to our learners but also to the wider community.

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Microcredentials confuse employers, colleges and learners

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“Employers say, ‘It’s great that this individual has these skills, but we’ll ask our own questions to verify the learner’s knowledge,’” Kyle Albert, assistant research professor at the George Washington University Institute of Public Policy, said. “It’s a trust-but-verify situation.”

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Study Business in the Ivy League – Expert Advice

Great College Advice

The degree requires a focus in one of three areas: Finance, Accounting and Real Estate (FARE), Hospitality Leadership (HOLD), or Services Marketing and Operations Management (SMOM). Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration offers a BS in Hotel Administration. But leadership is something one can learn in a variety of contexts.