As a father of up-and-coming college students, I try to be mindful of desirable Gen Z swag. School-branded products have been a marketing staple for generations. But what might have been hot-ticket items for millennials, like lanyards or carabiner clips, are a bit...
I believe 2020 was a wake-up call for a lot of institutions when it comes to online school marketing. Too often, online programs have been an afterthought in enrollment marketing strategies for traditional colleges and universities. But the Pandemic propelled colleges...
I last wrote a piece on why higher ed marketers should care about campus security in 2019. Of course, a lot has happened since then, for better and worse. Campus security has become a hot-button issue of late with the terrible loss of life at Robb Elementary School in...
For most traditional students, community college isn’t on their radar. But aspirational branding can help inspire them to see the value and excitement a community college can provide. Very often, community colleges operate with limited resources. This can result in...
In a digital space consumed by analytics, it can be easy to forget the old-school basics of higher ed marketing. The collegiate experience is arguably the most significant period in school attendees’ lives. Is that because they were in awe of their universities’ data...