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Enrollment and Retention

The Higher Ed Enrollment Cliff: What 280,000 Surveys Tell Us

The 2025 enrollment cliff is real and more than a demographic blip: it’s a siren of profound changes in higher [...]

July 30, 2024| 4 min Read

bbcon

Maximizing Your bbcon Experience: Tips from a Seasoned Attendee

July 24, 2024| 4 min Read

Awards and Scholarships

Improving Student Communications in Your Scholarship Process

May 2, 2024| 3 min Read

Alumni Engagement

Harnessing Higher Education Advancement Technology to the Fullest

March 4, 2024| 5 min Read

Employee Wellness

Teacher Well-Being: Beyond Yoga and Pizza Parties

June 17, 2024| 6 min Read

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    Change Management

    Changemaker Spotlight: Shemitria Smith, Clark Atlanta University

    This Q&A series aims to provide readers with valuable insights from changemakers across the social impact community.  Shemitria Smith, M.Ed. [...]

    November 13, 2024 | 5 min Read

    Annual Giving

    Rethinking Annual Giving Metrics: A New Storyline for Higher Ed

    For many years, the overarching narrative for annual giving in higher education fundraising has been the same: We’re getting bigger [...]

    October 4, 2024 | 5 min Read

    bbcon

    12+ Reasons Higher Ed Professionals Should Attend bbcon 2024

    Blackbaud’s annual tech conference is in Seattle September 24–26, and it will be packed with inspiring keynotes, thought-provoking breakout sessions, [...]

    August 21, 2024 | 4 min Read

     

     

     
     

     
     

     
     

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    Change Management

    Beware the Ides of March: A Lesson For All Leaders

    When we consider the Ides of March, some may recall that it was a holiday celebrated in ancient Rome. More [...]

    March 7, 2024 | 3 min Read

    Alumni Engagement

    From Prospective Student to Active Alum—Engagement Fosters Lifelong Support

    When you hear the name of your alma mater, what feelings bubble up? What keeps you engaged? In our family, my husband, daughter, [...]

    February 9, 2024 | 5 min Read

    Enrollment and Retention

    Reimagining Graduate Student Recruitment: 4 Tips to Get Started

    Students pursue advanced degrees with the promise of invaluable research opportunities, specialized skills, and increased earning potential. Accordingly, many college [...]

    February 6, 2024 | 3 min Read

    Tuition and Financial Aid

    The Better FAFSA: What Colleges Need to Know Right Now

    The Free Application for Federal Student Aid—commonly known as FAFSA®—is the form current and prospective college and career school students [...]

    January 12, 2024 | 4 min Read

    Change Management

    Thinking in the Gray: A 2024 Leadership Challenge

    Every year when the calendar rolls over into the new year, leaders are presented with a fresh set of challenges. [...]

    January 4, 2024 | 3 min Read

    Awards and Scholarships

    5 Ways to Empower Scholarship Reviewers

    Reviewing scholarship applications can be one of the most complicated processes to manage during scholarship season. Reviewers are a critical [...]

    December 28, 2023 | 3 min Read

    artificial intelligence

    Putting the AI in Education: Stepping Toward Generative Artificial Intelligences 

    Artificial intelligences (the plural is intentional) are clearly having a moment. I wouldn’t be surprised if TIME magazine’s “Person of [...]

    October 9, 2023 | 2 min Read

    bbcon

    Why Higher Ed Professionals Should Attend bbcon 2023

    bbcon is live and in person October 21-24! Join us in Denver for inspiring keynotes, thought-provoking breakout sessions, and how-to [...]

    September 27, 2023 | 3 min Read

    Enrollment and Retention

    Is the Higher Education Pipeline Shrinking or Just Taking a Nap?

    The phenomenon of our shrinking school-aged population is well documented. People have been choosing to have fewer children, and that [...]

    July 24, 2023 | 5 min Read
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    Awards and Scholarships

    Creating a Connected Campus to Award More Scholarships and Improve Student Outcomes

    What challenges does your scholarship program face? Get tips and tricks on getting organized and doing even more to support deserving students.

    July 20, 2023 | 3 min Read

    Awards and Scholarships

    3 Challenges and 4 Solutions to Increasing Scholarship Applications

    Scholarship programs are critical tools for students to propel themselves forward and for schools to court and steward donors. Yet, [...]

    May 30, 2023 | 3 min Read
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