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Beating the Law of Diminishing Returns in Higher Ed Recruitment

Beating the Law of Diminishing Returns in Higher Ed Recruitment

Still grappling with the lingering effects of a worldwide pandemic while looking straight up at the face of a daunting demographic cliff, higher education enrollment is dealing with major challenges. It doesn’t help that some experts feel the $15 billion college...
How to Navigate the Decline in International Graduate Enrollment

How to Navigate the Decline in International Graduate Enrollment

American higher education is regarded as part of that “shining city upon a hill” as expressed by President Ronald Reagan in his farewell address. Long considered the gold standard of opportunity, students from across the globe yearn to study at U.S. institutions of...
The Perfect Storm: New Challenges for Robust College Enrollment

The Perfect Storm: New Challenges for Robust College Enrollment

Problems in college admissions are nothing new. What we know as enrollment management began in 1976 with Boston College’s Jack Maguire and has only grown over the decades as recessions have plagued America and, thereby, its higher education institutions. That, coupled...
How to Recruit and Enroll International Students

How to Recruit and Enroll International Students

Recruiting and enrolling international students takes more than simply dusting off the passport, hopping on a plane and talking with prospective students. In fact, there are many ways to engage international students without leaving the country. This was the subject...
Made in the USA: The Headaches of International Student Admissions

Made in the USA: The Headaches of International Student Admissions

For so many U.S. colleges and universities, international student admissions has become a key focus of enrollment strategy over the past 10 years. As The Atlantic reported in late 2015, the previous year had seen nearly 1 million international students in U.S....
The 3 Biggest Challenges Facing Grad Enrollment

The 3 Biggest Challenges Facing Grad Enrollment

Jack Klett, Capture Higher Ed’s new director of graduate and online initiatives, recently was asked what he thought were the biggest challenges facing graduate enrollment in the current industry landscape. Throughout his 20-year career in higher education, Jack has...
International Graduate Enrollment Is Falling — What Do You Do?

International Graduate Enrollment Is Falling — What Do You Do?

A recent report by the National Science Foundation offered more troubling news for U.S. graduate schools that are recruiting international students. According to its report, “Science and Engineering Indicators 2018,” the number of international students in the U.S....
New Year, New Agenda: Saving Private Colleges

New Year, New Agenda: Saving Private Colleges

New Year’s is a time for resolutions. Here’s one for saving private colleges: “think differently.” Why? To avoid closure or merger. Two days into the new year, W. Kent Bards, vice president for external relations at Illinois’ Augustana College, argued that “Starting...
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