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For higher ed, a new challenge looms on the horizon: 📉 As successively smaller student cohorts progress through America’s K-12 system, widely anticipated generational shifts are expected to result in a post-secondary ‘enrollment cliff’ beginning in 2025. One population that could yield growth? Adult learners. But reaching them requires the right level of outreach and support. Find out how 20 community colleges across eight states began implementing approaches to do just that. More in the latest post by Michael V. Daly, Donna Desrochers and Charlotte Pierce. ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eHV7uJKW #enrollmentmanagement #adultlearners #highereducation

This week, we are sharing our team's inspirations from their work this summer. Today's inspiration comes from our Senior Associate, Mike Daly: “Higher education institutions’ efforts to center student success and demonstrate responsible stewardship of resources requires making decisions supported and informed by data. The newly released Analytics Playbook from Association for Institutional Research (AIR), NACUBO, and EDUCAUSE provides an institutional-level approach to data governance, collection, hygiene, analysis, and use. The playbook’s detailed processes and paths for institutions to consider are important steps in the action-oriented continuous improvement journey.” – Mike Daly, Senior Associate Find out more here. ⤵️ https://buff.ly/2SZqHrY What inspired you this summer? What are you looking forward to this year? Let us know at info@rpkgroup.com.

This week, we are sharing our team's inspirations from their work this summer. Today's inspiration comes from our Principal, Katie Hagan: “New Hampshire is the latest state to commit to tackling student credit mobility and transfer pathways. The public community colleges and four-year institutions will explore recommendations made by a task force convened earlier in the year, which are all focused on creating greater coordination among public institutions in the state. This level of state guidance and support should be applauded, and I am excited for another national model for states to look to as they navigate changing demographic patterns in the coming years.” – Katie Hagan, Principal Find out more here. ⤵️ https://buff.ly/47elf8B https://buff.ly/3X8HEPO What inspired you this summer? What are you looking forward to this year? Let us know at info@rpkgroup.com.

This week, we are sharing our team's inspirations from their work this summer. Today's inspiration comes from our Associate, Rilie Kafer: “While at the UNCF UNITE conference this summer, I learned about the HBCU Transformation Project which recently received a $124M investment from Blue Meridian Partners to support the initiative. I work a lot with UNCF institutions and am so excited about the potential of this investment to accelerate the transformative efforts already underway at HBCUs.” – Rilie Kafer, Associate Find out more here. ⤵️ https://buff.ly/3XwMloc What inspired you this summer? What are you looking forward to this year? Let us know at info@rpkgroup.com.

Our team has been on the road this summer working with clients and presenting at conferences. As many return to campus for the fall semester, we've been reflecting on what we learned and what inspired us. 💡 This week, we'll highlight initiatives inspiring our team members from their work this summer. To kick us off, we hear from Senior Associate, Donna Desrochers: “Several rpk team members learned about NACUBO's new Student Success Hub while attending various conferences this summer. The Hub includes an impressive financial analysis tool and dashboard. A Power BI template file is also provided so users can quickly create their own Power BI dashboard by uploading the file from their populated financial tool. The hub is free to everyone - users first just need to create an account to access it. I am looking forward to sharing this great resource with clients this year as they work to improve their business intelligence and data visualization.” – Donna Desrochers, Senior Associate Find out more here. ⤵️ https://buff.ly/4dN57xc What inspired you this summer? What are you looking forward to this year? Let us know at info@rpkgroup.com.

We’re hiring! We are looking for an Associate to help us support partners in driving change within higher education. Applications for the position are due August 9, 2024. rpk is a completely virtual firm with employees across the United States. Please share this posting with your networks! Learn more here. ⤵️

We’re Hiring! We are looking for a passionate, thoughtful, and analytical individual who cares deeply about the transformational power of higher education to join our team! Applications for the Associate position are due April 28, 2024. rpk is a completely virtual firm with employees across the United States. Please share this posting with your networks! Learn more here. ⤵️ https://buff.ly/4aMGQ8G

Traditionally, higher education institutions operated under the assumption that they must provide all programs and services themselves, restricting the exploration of strategic partnership opportunities—a practice widely adopted in other sectors. In our latest Issue Brief, Rick Staisloff, Senior Partner at rpk GROUP, sheds light on strategic partnerships, guiding readers through: 1. Understanding the current landscape of strategic partnerships. 2. Navigating the partner selection process. 3. Recognizing common challenges faced during strategic partnerships. Read more here. ⤵️ https://buff.ly/3IKtGgd Share your thoughts in the comments below; we're eager to hear from you!

Know someone with superb analytical and reasoning skills who is passionate about higher education? We're seeking a remote graduate-level Intern for summer 2024 to support our team in creating the sustainable business models that higher education needs! Learn more and apply here. ⤵️