HIGHER ED MARKETING BLOG

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Life changed as we knew it. Stay-at-home orders, mask mandates, and social distancing altered the way we lived day-to-day. Lives, jobs, and plans of the future...

The majority of colleges and universities plan a return to in-person instruction and a robust on-campus experience this fall. Over the past few weeks, the question of whether to require students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before enrolling has domi...

This is a pivotal time for colleges and universities. They are dealing with declining enrollments, lost revenue, and hiring freezes, furloughs, and layoffs, and there are even predictions that some universities may permanently shut down because of th...

We get it: 2020 has been a year that virtually all of us in higher education would love to forget. The unprecedented level of uncertainty, confusion, and disruption have been overwhelming. Campus closures and abrupt transitions to online/hybrid instr...

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively changed higher education. The digital divide has deepened, a generation of young men may never seek a college education, and faculty and staff are stressed, burnt out, and fatigued. Yet, times of great disruption ...

More than six months into the pandemic, we have learned about the tenuous future of higher ed, how COVID-19 is spread on campus, and the battle to reopen campuses. We have also learned that the emotional toll is mounting for those who study and work ...

In The Case for College...Now, I made the argument that students should carefully question the wisdom of requesting a deferral or taking a gap year – especially if they expect the college experience at the school of their choice next fall to be exact...

Most colleges have begun a new academic year in California, but, for the most part, dorms and classrooms remain empty. Campuses are still quiet. Once hopeful that they could reopen in the fall and offer hybrid instruction, many school leaders have op...

The Coronavirus pandemic changed all our lives. For colleges and universities, it meant altering how students learn and engage with their classmates. For faculty, it meant changing classroom instruction. On another part of campus, donor relations pro...

The sudden shutdown of campuses across the country midway through the spring semester took a serious toll on students, as instruction abruptly moved from face-to-face to online. Not surprisingly, the severity of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic...

Alumni are the lifeblood of a university. When graduates go on to create businesses, make art, or change lives, they increase the reputation of their school. Not only that, but alumni donations also help advance universities’ strategic plans by fundi...

There is much speculation about what the fall semester is going to look like after the summer break. Schools around the nation are analyzing simulated models, bringing in 3rd party consultants, and working tirelessly to put together a comprehensive r...