Welcome back to the final episode of Enrollment Growth University.5 years. More than 250 episodes. And hundreds of hours of being inspired weekly by our peers throughout higher education. All doing amazing things. Building. Experimenting. Inno

Embedding Analytics into your Enrollment Growth Strategy

Sep 5th, 2022 17m 21s

Andrew Hannah, Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Analytics at University of Pittsburgh, and Co-Founder and President of Othot joins the podcast to talk about the demographic cliff coming for higher education in 2025, and how big data mo

Proving Immediate Student Value Post-Graduation

Aug 29th, 2022 19m 15s

Dr. Nicole Smith, Chief Economist at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce returns to the podcast to talk about the counterintuitive findings from their new series of reports on “The Uncertain Pathway from Youth to a G

Skilling Up with Win-Win Employer Partnerships at Maryville University

Aug 22nd, 2022 13m 47s

Dr. Mark Lombardi, President at Maryville University joins the podcast to talk about the power of co-creating academic programs with local employers vs. insisting our degree programs as-is are the exact match for their upskilling priorities.

AI Education at Dartmouth College

Aug 15th, 2022 23m 18s

Professor Dan Rockmore, Director of the Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College joins the podcast to discuss the AI education maturity curve, the role of the academy vs. industry when it comes to artificial intelligence,

How to Increase Online Student Engagement

Aug 8th, 2022 21m 15s

Dr. Unnati Narang, Assistant Professor of Marketing at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign joins the podcast to talk about the first week of class prompt that improved student engagement by 30%, other pedagogical tests that didn’t mo

Building a Metaversity at South Dakota State University

Aug 5th, 2022 27m 7s

Dr. Greg Heiberger, Associate Dean of Academics & Student Success at South Dakota State University joins the podcast to talk about how the metaverse can make our in-person students’ educational experience more immersive, and our online students

Creating a Shared Language for Degree and Micro-Credentials at University of Calgary

Aug 3rd, 2022 14m 11s

Dr. Sheila LeBlanc, Associate Vice President of Continuing Education at The University of Calgary joins the podcast to talk about the adoption curve for microcredentials in higher education and the need to adopt a shared language for degree and

The State of Live Chat in Higher Education

Aug 1st, 2022 21m 39s

Ben Congleton, CEO and Co-Founder at Olark joins the podcast to talk about the enrollment power of a live chat experience, and how these chat transcripts in the aggregate can become some of our most valuable inputs and feedback loops for websit

Embedding Microcredentials Within Existing Degree Programs at The University of North Texas

Jul 27th, 2022 18m 29s

Dr. Adam Fein, Chief Information Officer at University of North Texas joins the podcast to talk about embedding microcredentials within our degree programs, and whether or not microcredentials are an existential threat to higher education or it

An Insider’s Challenge Navigating Higher Ed’s Financial Aid Gauntlet

Jul 5th, 2022 15m 39s

Dr. Rebecca Vidra, Senior Lecturer at Duke University joins the podcast to discuss her personal experience and challenges navigating higher ed’s financial aid gauntlet with her own daughter, and how all of her “insider” knowledge didn’t leave h

Faculty Perceptions on EdTech and Online Learning

Jun 29th, 2022 16m 56s

Dr. Nicole Barbaro, Sr. Communications Content Manager at WGU Labs returns to the podcast to discuss their follow-up study on faculty perceptions of EdTech and online learning, as well as how we can better learn off our peer institution’s tech

Was Clayton Christensen Wrong About Online Education?

Jun 22nd, 2022 10m 23s

Bob Ubell, Author & Vice Dean Emeritus of Online Learning at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering returns to the podcast to talk about what has gotten in the way of the great Clayton Christensen’s belief that online education woul

Adrian College’s Shared Services Approach to the Liberal Arts

Jun 16th, 2022 13m 55s

Dr. Jeffrey Docking, President at Adrian College joins the podcast to discuss how the survival strategy for small liberal arts colleges must contain a shared services approach to liberal arts education with other similar institutions.

How Nonprofits are Bridging the Gap Between High School and College

Jun 8th, 2022 20m 15s

Mollie Waller, Executive Director at Youth Solutions joins the podcast to discuss their Jobs of Michigan’s Graduates (JMG) program and the high-touch, high-time requirement for successful student mentorships that truly make an impact on retenti

How the NCAA’s NIL Policy Will Impact Enrollment Growth

May 31st, 2022 16m 16s

Michelle Meyer, NIL Coordinator at San Diego State University and Founder at NIL Network joins the podcast to talk about the economic and enrollment impact of the NCAA’s new name image likeness policy, and what a truly “free agent” system in Di

How Siena College Gets up to 90% Open Rates on their Prospective Email Communications

May 24th, 2022 13m 23s

Allison Turcio, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment and Marketing at Siena College joins the podcast to talk about the difference between merge field “personalization” and actually making your prospective student communications “personal”.

How Small Colleges Can Develop Win-Win Partnerships as an Enrollment Growth Strategy

May 20th, 2022 21m 33s

Jayson Boyers, President of Rosemont College, explains how partnerships can help small schools increase enrollment and better serve their communities. He also discusses how to find “natural partners” and designing curriculums around them; why s

The Critical Nature of Crisis Communications

May 18th, 2022 29m 4s

Christy Jackson, Sr. Director of Reputation Management and Communication at UNC Charlotte and Chris Gonyar, Director of Emergency Management at UNC Charlotte join the podcast to discuss why operational and communicational responses must be alig

Geoframing as Prospect Recruitment Strategy

May 16th, 2022 17m 10s

Eric Grindley, CEO at Esquire Advertising, joins the podcast to talk about geo framing, a more accurate and targeted form of geofencing that can help universities increase their application and enrollment rates.

Advanced CRM Strategies in 2022

Apr 25th, 2022 14m 43s

Lawrence Levy, Founder and President at EnrollmentRX, joins the podcast to talk about getting beyond the tick box of we “have” a CRM to running the advanced operational strategies to make sure you’re fully maximizing its student data value.

Turn Information into Insights with Structured Data

Apr 19th, 2022 23m 24s

Peter Shafer, EVP of Sales and Marketing at Everest Communications, joins the podcast to talk about the hidden value higher ed is sitting on because too many of us haven’t structured our unstructured data yet.

The Trend Line for Presidential Tenure in Higher Ed

Apr 12th, 2022 21m 7s

Dr. Judith Wilde, Research Professor and Chief Operating Officer of the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, discusses the trend line for presidential tenure in higher education and what institutions are and should

What Would Radical Simplification Look Like in Higher Ed?

Apr 4th, 2022 24m 26s

Dr. Robert Talbert, Author, Professor, and Presidential Fellow for the Advancement of Learning at Grand Valley State University, returns to the show to talk about the concept of radical simplification and the start/stop/continue exercises we sh

An Ungrading Experiment at Grand Valley State University

Mar 28th, 2022 18m 58s

Dr. David Clark, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Grand Valley State University, joins the podcast to discuss the findings from his recent ungrading experiment and why he believes this may be a better way for higher ed to teach.