College access is an issue in this country. Many potential students simply don’t believe higher education is within reach. This inaccessibility and the lack of awareness of educational opportunities is one of the leading causes of the declining perception of...
Mission-fit marketing is a must for any institution, but when you’re marketing for a Christian college or university, it becomes all the more critical. I write a lot about higher ed marketing strategies, tools, and tactics that work for almost any kind of educational...
Every school has a mission. Finding “mission-fit” students means recruiting people to your institution who really get who you are and why you do what you do. For me, the word “mission” means a whole lot more than what you have written in your mission statement....
The hardest thing by far in enrollment marketing is the cost of higher education. But it’s not a money problem as much as it is a problem of perceived value. It’s a stark reality that the perceived value of higher education has declined in the last few years. It...
Every higher ed marketer would love to have a brand as recognizable as Harvard Business School. But what is it really like? Most colleges and universities can only dream of having an (almost) billion-dollar operation that is Harvard Business School. They were the...
In higher ed marketing, you’ve got to stay current with the latest sensibilities of upcoming students. It used to be all the attention was given to understanding and crafting messaging for Millennials. Now, Millennials are starting to take the reins of the modern...
