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Early Results: Adult Student Recruitment Effectiveness Part I of II

(NOTE: The Adult Student Recruitment Effectiveness Self-Assessment is 19 statements in length, and takes less than 10 minutes to complete. And you can receive a free, no… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2017/early-results-adult-student-recruitment-effectiveness-part-i-ii/

Social Worship

Does anyone actually develop photos anymore? I was wondering that when I was standing in line at the photo store at the mall the other day, waiting to pick up my… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2017/social-worship/

2 Secrets to Achieving Adult Enrollment Goals

In order to identify opportunities and weaknesses in your efforts to recruit, retain and graduate adult students, you need to understand [a] if your actions are… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2017/2-secrets-achieving-adult-enrollment-goals/

The Secret to Successfully Providing Life-long Learning

Everyone is looking for effective and efficient ways to consistently deliver a unique, valuable student experience because it will help attract and retain adult… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2017/secret-successfully-providing-life-long-learning/

Direct Mail Tips for More Effective Student Recruitment

Research has shown that direct mail is very effective with millennials - but for many colleges, direct mail isn't all that effective. Here are some tips that can help you… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2017/direct-mail-tips-more-effective-student-recruitment/

Adult Students: Are You Serious or Just Screwing Around?

Just so we’re all on the same page, let me start off with these two excerpts. Once a minority, today “non-traditional” students far outnumber the 18-to-22-year-olds… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2017/adult-students-are-you-serious-or-just-screwing-around/

Why You’re Not Answering Their Questions

When we are effectively delivering the right information with the right offer to the right person at the right time via the right channel, we’re going to see enrollments… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2017/why-youre-not-answering-their-questions/

Student Recruitment & Retention Goes to the Movies

With all the fun that was this year’s Oscar’s – we thought we would keep the movie theme going and share some important student recruitment tips with some of the most… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2017/student-recruitment-retention-goes-movies/

New Degree Programs: What You Must Learn from Google, Amazon and Apple

My first Monday Leadership Meeting ended with several program directors and deans tossing out some “rough ideas” that they had developed for new programs. It was mostly… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2017/new-degree-programs-what-you-must-learn-google-amazon-and-apple/

Announcing Our New Enhanced On-Demand Services for Adult, Graduate and Continuing Education Programs

Over the past 6 to 12-months, we spoke with many who are responsible for increasing adult, graduate and continuing education program enrollments. What we heard –… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2017/announcing-our-new-enhanced-demand-services-adult-graduate-and-continuing-education-programs/

Why Facilitated Strategic Planning Workshops are Most Effective for Your College...

Strategic planning for many organizations and institutions tends to be more focused on the report or end product than the planning – and that’s a lost opportunity. As Eisenhower once said
Strategic planning for many organizations and institutions tends to be more focused on the report or end product than the planning – and that’s a lost opportunity. As Eisenhower… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2016/09/why-facilitated-strategic-planning-workshops-are-most-effective-your-college/

Facebook Live for Student Recruitment

UPDATE: According to a reliable source we spoke to this morning, Facebook is set to begin a phased rollout of a new feature that allows for two-person broadcasts on Live...
UPDATE: According to a reliable source we spoke to this morning, Facebook is set to begin a phased rollout of a new feature that allows for two-person broadcasts on Live. To… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2016/08/facebook-live-student-recruitment/

You Can't Recruit & Retain if You Don't Know Your Audience

Know you audience! A fundamental element in successful student recruitment and retention. Yet we continue to hear the following statement oh so often…
Know you audience! A fundamental element in successful student recruitment and retention. Yet we continue to hear the following statement oh so often… “We’re struggling to… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2016/08/you-cant-recruit-retain-if-you-dont-know-your-audience/

Your Trouble With Adwords

In higher education, a great deal of the student recruitment budget is invested in AdWords – so here are a few tips we would like to offer up in response to the most common problems. (And just to toot our own horn …our clients typically see a 10% increas…
In higher education, a great deal of the student recruitment budget is invested in AdWords – so here are a few tips we would like to offer up in response to the most common… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2016/08/your-trouble-adwords/

How to Make Significant Improvements to Student Recruitment Results

Our Mystery Shopper Audit has helped us – and close to 100 colleges – identify practical ways to improve student recruitment results. Here are the most common and effective…
Our Mystery Shopper Audit has helped us – and close to 100 colleges – identify practical ways to improve student recruitment results. Here are the most common and effective…… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2016/08/how-make-significant-improvements-student-recruitment-results/

Pokemon Go: Student Recruitment & Retention?

Pokémon Go could be the secret to your success at recruiting and retaining students…or not. Let’s take a look and explore the latest from Nintendo…
Pokémon Go could be the secret to your success at recruiting and retaining students…or not. Let’s take a look and explore the latest from Nintendo… College Campuses Overrun by… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2016/07/pokemon-go-student-recruitment-retention/

Why You Can't Afford to Pass on a Retention Audit

A retention audit is an evaluation of your processes for retaining customers (businesses) or students (colleges). You need to evaluate the processes if you ever hope to improve your retention rate – because a higher retention rate means higher customer/s…
A retention audit is an evaluation of your processes for retaining customers (businesses) or students (colleges). You need to evaluate the processes if you ever hope to improve… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2016/07/why-you-cant-afford-pass-retention-audit/

Top Benefits You Enjoy From a Mystery Shopper Audit

The Mystery Shopper Audit is one of our most popular services for a number of reasons – low cost, practical recommendations that generate more sales/enrollments, and the peace of mind that comes from having experienced professionals take a look at how you…
The Mystery Shopper Audit is one of our most popular services for a number of reasons – low cost, practical recommendations that generate more sales/enrollments, and the peace of… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2016/06/top-benefits-you-enjoy-mystery-shopper-audit/

Higher Education Marketing Assessment Tool: A Demo

Our Higher Education Marketing Assessment tool can be extremely powerful for marketing/enrollment management leaders searching for a detailed audit of their institution’s marketing/enrollment. The assessment provides you with an impartial, neutral valuat…
Our Higher Education Marketing Assessment tool can be extremely powerful for marketing/enrollment management leaders searching for a detailed audit of their institution’s… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2016/06/higher-education-marketing-assessment-tool-demo/

Colleges Without Market Research: Penny-Wise, Pound Foolish

We know that knowledge is power yet so many colleges refuse to make an ongoing investment into market research. Why?
We know that knowledge is power yet so many colleges refuse to make an ongoing investment into market research. Why? We’ve all heard the arguments. We don’t have… https://www.dwsassociates.com/blog/2016/06/colleges-without-market-research-penny-wise-pound-foolish/

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