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Market Research
Findings from 2025 research on how prospective students, parents, alumni, and counselors perceive Christian higher education today.
Jessica Mireles
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Enrollment Strategy
Yield Is Not a Season. It’s the Outcome of Everything You Do.
In traditional enrollment management, March and April are framed as “yield season.” That narrow window is short-sighted—yield is the cumulative outcome of everything an institution does, all year long.
Mike Marston

Strategic Enrollment Planning
The Plan Is the People: Why Strategic Enrollment Planning Must Invest in Your Team
Most institutions that undertake strategic enrollment planning emerge with a document. Fewer emerge with a team capable of executing it.
Dr. Michael Ritter

Program Planning
The Signals Are Converging: Why Colleges Must Rethink Program Planning Now
Federal policy, the labor market, and student and family expectations are converging in ways that demand a rethink of program planning.
Pamela Lee
