By Caity McLaughlin Lischick and Roger Sametz. Research is key to moving your brand forward. More...
Addressing the Decline in Higher Ed's Reputation
By Michael Stoner. Stories can help to bolster the reputation of individual institutions -- and higher ed in general -- by showing that we're listening and addressing public concerns. More...
Institutions Should Link Program Reviews to Strategic Plans
By Virginia Coombs. Campus marketing practitioners should be involved in academic program review and planning. More...
Big Game, Big Ads, Big Money, But … Where’s the Beef?
By Joel Anderson. This Sunday -- despite near-historic levels of political unrest and national anxiety -- over 100 million Americans will still gather around the old flat screen, nacho to nacho, and collectively engage in one of our most hallowed, patriotic pastimes: impetuously arguing over which Super Bowl commercials are pretty darn good and which ones … aren’t. More...
The Exemplary Higher Education Marketer
By Eric Sickler. Is marketing proficiency the greatest service you and your team can provide your school? Or should you also challenge yourselves to a more profound standard. More...
Fighting Alternative Facts with Facts
By Teresa Valerio Parrot. There was a lot of water cooler and social media banter after Kellyanne Conway introduced the phrase “alternative facts” to our nation’s vocabulary. The overwhelming sentiment was that it is absurd to say there are multiple facts or data points to describe a single situation. More...
A Guide to Brand Building
By Roger Sametz. Introducing an eight-part series on how to craft an authentic, differentiating brand. More...
Where You Look
By Matt Reed. Most of the presentations we heard at Aspen this weekend were based on research conducted in one of those two places. Very little was done on students at community colleges specifically. Read more...
Predictions, Probabilities, and Placebos
By Matt Reed. Do you have twice as high a chance of graduating from a college with a 50 percent graduation rate than of graduating from one with a 25 percent graduation rate. Read more...
Friday Fragments - February 9, 2017
By Matt Reed. Judging is great fun. It reminds me of my teaching days. The students are in grades six through eight, so you have to set your expectations appropriately. Read more...