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"Are You Sabotaging Your Enrollment?", an info-packed article by our CEO, Dr. Diane Walleser, was just published on the AACRAO website! She writes, "Too many colleges stumble over similar onboarding problems, losing as many as 40% to 70% of their prospects between application and the first day of classes. To make matters worse, the 2025 enrollment cliff is fast approaching, where traditional-aged student enrollment is projected to decrease by 15%. Now, more than ever, we need to make every prospect count." Read the full article at https://ow.ly/BAVO50QNXKB #bestpractice #bestpractices #communitycollege #communitycolleges #enrollment #2yearcollegeexperts 

Happy holidays! We hope you'll be warm and cozy over the winter break 😁. Our offices will be closed from Tuesday, December 24, until Thursday, January 2. See you next year! ❄️

Gear Up for the First Week of January “Blitz”: Since many schools don’t resume until the middle or end of January, the beginning of the new year is a great time to touch base. Connect with students who haven’t registered yet and offer extra help. You can also target students who have only signed up to be part-time. “Maybe they’re a full-time student who normally takes four classes, but they’re only registered for two,” says our CEO, Dr. Diane Walleser. Those students might just need one more nudge to top off their schedule. “It can be extremely beneficial to do a credit encouragement campaign in the first part of January.” Find out more on our latest blog, “Ensuring Student Retention Becomes the Gift that Keeps on Giving”: https://hubs.la/Q02ZKR7k0 #bestpractice #bestpractices #communitycollege #communitycolleges #education #enrollment #studentretention #enrollmentservices #2yearcollegeexperts 

TikTok-tastic: New AI Video Tool Makes Clips a Cinch! Does your college need a leg up to make more TikTok content? Check out the new Symphony Creative Studio, which transforms product descriptions and web addresses into fun video clips. Now, you can pull images straight from your website and easily make trending content, according to a recent MarTech article. The creative studio also offers customizable digital avatars and multilingual support to help you reach diverse audiences. Catch all the latest headlines in On the Cutting Edge, December Edition: The Latest Education Martech and News: https://hubs.la/Q02ZKwrK0 #communitycollege #communitycolleges #education #educationforall #martech #2yearcollegeexperts

During the Winter Break: Don’t Break Your Connection for Student Retention: We need to make every student count in our enrollment and retention efforts, so we can’t afford to “go dark.” Keep your college top of mind over the break with some friendly student retention outreach. If you have a good CRM system, it’s a cinch to schedule triggered communications. “Do your CRM work in December and trigger warm, fun, friendly messages to keep students engaged over the long holiday,” advises our CEO, Dr. Diane Walleser. Find out more on our latest blog, “Ensuring Student Retention Becomes the Gift that Keeps on Giving”: https://hubs.la/Q02ZKT7q0 #bestpractice #bestpractices #communitycollege #communitycolleges #education #enrollment #studentretention #enrollmentservices #2yearcollegeexperts 

Need some inclusive holiday greetings? Try these ideas on for size: 🎊 Season’s greetings and best wishes for the New Year. 🎊 To a healthy, happy, and peaceful New Year. 🎊 Best wishes for the holidays! 🎊 Here’s to better times ahead and a very happy 2025! 🎊 Festive greetings! 🎊 Have a joyous solstice. 🎊 One HuffPost correspondent wishes friends a “Happy Federal Holiday.” After all, most people have off from work and school on state and federal holidays. These holidays apply equally to everyone. 🎊 Happy winter break. 🎊 Happy New Year. 🎊 Or simply, “warm wishes.” Want more inclusive holiday greeting tips? Check out our blog, "How to Rock Inclusive Holiday Greetings to Celebrate the Season 2024," https://hubs.la/Q02XrZQ70 #happyholidays #holidaygreetings

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Student Retention: Connecting with students to make sure they’ve registered for classes before they leave for break is crucial. As our CEO, Dr. Diane Walleser says, “There is a huge student retention drop-off from the holiday break to January.” So, what can you do if your students are slow to register for the next semester? “Before the break is a great time to get faculty involved to do some outreach,” says our VP of Account Services, Lisa Kasper. Giving faculty members prepared messages and cues for timed texts, emails, and learning management nudges is key. Find out more on our latest blog, “Ensuring Student Retention Becomes the Gift that Keeps on Giving”: https://hubs.la/Q02ZKV5S0 #bestpractice #bestpractices #communitycollege #communitycolleges #education #enrollment #studentretention #enrollmentservices

When Fake Applications Skyrocket, Colleges Turn to AI: Prince George’s Community College in Maryland might see as many as 80 fraudulent applications in one day, according to a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article. But now, with AI catching more of these fakes, the situation is no longer as challenging as it once was. A few hundred U.S. colleges are employing similar tactics to take a “byte” out of this potentially time- and energy-wasting cybercrime. Catch all the latest headlines in On the Cutting Edge, December Edition: The Latest Education Martech and News: https://hubs.la/Q02ZKxPH0 #communitycollege #communitycolleges #education #educationforall #martech #2yearcollegeexperts

When the Hurricane Hit, Community College Students Were There to Help: When Hurricane Helene hammered Western North Carolina, many first responders were community college alums! From helping out in emergency response centers, offering essential health care, and providing critical supplies and food to the community, two-year grads were there to save the day. “Our community colleges are the lifelines for holding communities together. From the moment the storm landed, our college sprang into action,” writes Jeff Cox, President of the North Carolina Community College System, in a recent Community College Daily article. Catch all the latest headlines in On the Cutting Edge, December Edition: The Latest Education Martech and News: https://hubs.la/Q02ZKrNC0 #communitycollege #communitycolleges #education #educationforall #martech #2yearcollegeexperts

Student retention might be our greatest gift this December, especially as traditional student numbers decline due to the enrollment cliff. Whether it’s before, during, or after the winter break, check out our experts’ strategies to retain students this spring semester and beyond on our latest blog! https://hubs.la/Q02ZKQZB0 #bestpractice #bestpractices #communitycollege #communitycolleges #education #enrollment #studentretention #enrollmentservices #2yearcollegeexperts