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Entrepreneur

Universities Face a Budget Squeeze. Cutting Spending Is Only Part of ...

Budget cuts are making headlines across U.S. higher education. Colleges and universities are announcing layoffs...

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Fast Company

Colleges are betting big on AI education

American colleges are rewriting their academic playbooks. In just a few years, AI has gone from being an elective in computer science...

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Inc.

Is Low Enrollment Driving Up College Costs?

Community colleges offer one of the clearest examples. A recent National Bureau of Economic Research study found that enrollment...

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Entrepreneur

Why the Best AI Doesn’t Replace People — It Gives Them...

When my company first started working with university admissions teams, people assumed we’d build a better CRM

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Entrepreneur

Why Community Colleges Are Making a Comeback

For years, community colleges were seen as the overlooked corner of American higher education

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Entrepreneur

What the Rise of Big Online Universities Reveals About ...

Western Governors University (WGU), founded in 1997, built its model around online, competency-based education...

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Entrepreneur

Many Colleges Are Closing — A Deeper Enrollment Crisis May Be ...

College closures are no longer isolated failures but signs of a deeper enrollment and financial crisis

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Entrepreneur

This Hidden Operational Crisis is Overloading College Admissions ...

Higher education has spent the last decade going digital. Most universities now have application portals, CRMs, student information

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Inc.

The Cost of Administrative Burden in Higher-Ed Admissions

Higher education has no shortage of talented admissions professionals. These are people who know how to identify potential

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Universities Spent Years Missing the AI Warning Signs Fast Company

The hybrid education takeover of higher ed

Higher education is no longer operating within a simple binary of “online versus on campus” instruction

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Universities Spent Years Missing the AI Warning Signs Fast Company

5 ways to reduce enrollment funnel friction

Universities have long focused on the familiar challenge of attracting more students.Every institution wants more students to say “yes,”

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6 Enrollment Myths Universities Still Believe Entrepreneur

But What Can You Actually Do? Why Higher Education is Shifting ...

The research suggests that competency-based models are often linked to greater access and flexibility,especially for learners juggling work

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The Accidental Utahn Entrepreneur

How Higher Ed Is Catching Up to the Students It Used to Ignore

Higher education was built around a fairly simple model: students finish school, enter college full-time and move into the workforce

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Universities Spent Years Missing the AI Warning Signs Entrepreneur

Universities Spent Years Missing the AI Warning Signs ...

AI is transforming every corner of higher education — from admissions to advising — faster than universities can write ...

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6 Enrollment Myths Universities Still Believe Entrepreneur

6 Enrollment Myths Universities Still Believe — And ...

University enrollment teams usually have a lot on their plate. They review diverse local & international transcripts

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The Accidental Utahn Techbuzz

The Accidental Utahn: How a Pandemic Ski Trip Led to ...

When Ashish Fernando packed his life into his car in the spring of 2020 and drove west from Boston

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Why Student Trust Has Become the New Currency in Higher Education Enrollment Entrepreneur

Why Student Trust Has Become the New Currency in ...

Trust now matters more than rankings, shaped by every interaction — and AI is shifting from an efficiency tool to a trust builder

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Higher Ed Identity Crisis: Can AI Shake It Off? EdTech Digest

Higher Ed Identity Crisis: Can AI Shake It Off?

With enrollment declining and admissions teams overworked, institutions are turning to AI to revive student engagement

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From Theory to Practice: How AI Is Quietly Reshaping College Admissions Getting Smart

From Theory to Practice: How AI Is Quietly Reshaping ...

AI is no longer an alien concept in admissions — it's quietly redefining how institutions attract, evaluate, and enroll students

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AI vs. the enrollment cliff University Business

AI vs. the enrollment cliff: Can technology solve the problem?

With many institutions operating on leaner budgets, staffing has become a critical issue. AI doesn't replace the human touch but enhances...

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The enrollment advantage most colleges underuse Fast Company

The enrollment advantage most colleges underuse

Higher education is clearly at a turning point. Institutions must reconsider generic enrollment strategies in the face of rising student

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