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Rapid Insight predictive analytics transform college student retention efforts

By UB Custom Publishing

Of the 635 students who started Bellarmine University in fall 2016, only 72 percent were still in school a year later. The freshman class that began in fall 2017, however, retained 79 percent of its students when sophomore year began at the Louisville, Kentucky, school. This improvement came after using a predictive model based on […]

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Specialty master’s programs attract graduate students

Online course sharing spurs student success

Admissions Stories

February 06, 2019

UB op-ed: Chatbots in universities

Today’s universities are challenged with pretty intense competition for the best and brightest students, while retaining and nurturing those students throughout their college careers. It’s important to make sure students are the right fit from the start, while easing their transition to college and providing as much support as possible–a pretty tall order under any […]

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February 01, 2019

Affordability Pays: How Actively Managed Payment Plans Support Student Success

In this web seminar, a panel of campus leaders discussed how actively managed payment plans have helped their institutions increase enrollment and retention, improve institutional cash flow and business office efficiencies, and enhance the student experience.

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January 31, 2019

Realities and priorities for admissions and retention leaders

Realities and priorities for campus admissions and retention leaders. See results of UB's Outlook on 2019 survey of enrollment and retention administrators.

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January 29, 2019

Industry News: InsideTrack, Echo360, Banner 9, Daktronics and Acopia Harvest International

Higher ed institutions in California, Illinois, Rhode Island and South Carolina will deploy new enrollment, AV, ERP and video screen systems as well as student training programs.

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January 28, 2019

Look back at 2018: Top higher ed stories

For higher ed, 2018 proved to be a good primer for flexibility and keeping postsecondary missions in focus. More changes to come in 2019.

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January 25, 2019

The broken medical school business model

The enormous cost of medical school in the United States has made medical education primarily attainable by students from privileged backgrounds, whose ethnic composition is majority white.

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