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Admissions Sites: These Caught My Eye

During the past couple of years, I’ve been a judge for CASE, UCDA and CASE District VIII. One of the benefits of serving on judging panels is you get the chance to see some incredible…

Susan T. Evans Posted by Susan Evans on 5.14.2013
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How to build better major and degree pages

Degrees (or majors) are the core products offered to students by colleges and universities. Before you repeat that statement to your admissions team or to research-producing faculty and get me in trouble, let me clarify…

Doug Gapinski Strategist Posted by Doug Gapinski on 5.11.2013
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Pondering an Online Event Calendar? Best Make Time for It

It’s not often those working in higher education on the web get a huge vote of confidence for spending time and money on any one particular feature. For those committed to providing accurate calendar information,…

patrick powers mstoner Posted by Patrick Powers on 5.1.2013
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Webinar Available: Secrets to a More Social Admissions Decision Day

Last week Bruce Floyd and I presented a case study on #UF17. For those of you who couldn’t make the webinar and would like to take a look, here are both the archive of the…

mallory wood marketing manager Posted by Mallory Wood on 3.19.2013
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Is web strategy different for graduate schools? Part 1: Business and Law

I’ve been thinking about the nuances of web strategy. What’s different when the strategy will be applied to the websites of graduate and professional schools? We’ll be exploring this topic over a series of posts….

Susan T. Evans Posted by Susan Evans on 3.14.2013
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Uncertainty in Enrollment Management: The State of College Admission

“A theme that is reflected throughout this report is uncertainty – uncertainty for colleges, high schools, students, and families.” – National Association for College Admission Counseling, 2012 State of College Admission Uncertainty is a bad…

Posted by Kylie Stanley Larson on 1.24.2013
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Free Webinar: Lifetime Relationships and Engagement in Higher Education

Join Fran Zablocki, mStoner strategist, and Rob Zinkan, Vice Chancellor for External Affairs at Indiana University East, for a discussion of lifetime engagement management and lifecycle relationship systems in higher education. From the first day…

mallory wood marketing manager Posted by Mallory Wood on 10.25.2012
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Social Works Contents

  I wanted to share a progress report on our book, Social Works. [If you haven't read the initial post, here it is.] First, though, we need your help! Kevin Rieg, one of our designers,…

Michael_home Posted by Michael Stoner on 10.24.2012
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Focus on GSD Instead of BSOs

I think Pinterest is cool. I really do. I know how fast it’s growing. I’ve seen data. So I don’t discount it, nor do I want anyone who reads further to think that this post…

Michael_home Posted by Michael Stoner on 9.21.2012
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Facebook and Admissions: Interesting Trends from Varsity Outreach Report

Varsity Outreach released its third “Facebook and Admissions” report this morning, sharing responses from 160 colleges and universities to its 2012 survey. There’s some good information in the report, but here are a few findings…

Michael_home Posted by Michael Stoner on 9.12.2012