Those in the Prepped category start their college search earlier than any other group, making Prepped students ideal targets for your freshman and sophomore college search outreach. These students usually identify as members of minority groups and typically come from public high schools in rural communities in the northern midwest. […]
The availability and adoption of tools like virtual tours, AI chatbots, digital maps, virtual reality experiences and more exploded since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The challenges facing higher education professionals with the availability of these disparate tools include: ensuring the institution’s brand is represented consistently, fully utilizing behavioral data derived from these platforms, and maximizing the effectiveness of outreach and personnel resources. […]
Speaking with Gil Rogers, from digital firm PlatformQ Education, on Higher Ed Live’s industry discussion feature ‘Fireside Chat’, Napolitano recalled the over expansion in consumer choice by both McDonalds and Starbucks, and reminded institutions that they could connect with students with “limited offerings… because the way you present your offerings is relevant to that buyer”. […]
In the college search process, students expect virtual engagement opportunities now more than ever. Your future class of 2026 will be counting on this and they still may not feel comfortable with, or be able to afford, traveling to your campus. […]
Creating engaged and connected alumni starts with ensuring they feel those supportive connections BEFORE they leave their educational pursuits at the institution. USD provides live and on-demand virtual experiences for their university community of students, staff, faculty and alumni in a dedicated platform on Conduit to give easy-to-access and easy-to-organize opportunities to stay informed and involved. […]
As new variants of COVID-19 continue to upend the higher education landscape, colleges and universities are bracing for what could be another year of record enrollment declines. Among the sectors of higher education that have felt these challenges most acutely are regional public four-year universities. In many communities, these institutions provide pathways to upward mobility for students at a range of income levels and backgrounds. But even before the pandemic, there was a growing consensus across higher education that many regional public universities would need to retool and evolve their historic mission of inclusive access to meet changing demographics and regional workforce needs. […]
In the college search process, students expect virtual engagement opportunities now more than ever. Your future class of 2026 will be counting on this and they still may not feel comfortable with, or be able to afford, traveling to your campus. […]
Colleen McDonough at Cal State Fullerton shares how the team built and executed a branded experience that supports consistent student engagement beyond a standard Zoom session. […]
In 1999, Keanu Reeves starred in one of his most memorable roles, Neo. In The Matrix, Neo learns that life is an elaborate deception somewhere between dream and reality and the end goal? To destroy this illusion. […]
PlatformQ Education, the trusted provider of effective student engagement software and stategies, today announced plans for the relaunch of Higher Ed Live. New episodes will begin streaming on August 19, 2021 with 9 episodes planned for this new season. […]