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October 9
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NY Times: The Choice article More attention on academics - departments and majors. How long does it take to graduate and what kind of job can I get? Financial calculators Conveying information rapidly - what makes us distinct? Video vital to w...
August 23
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Centre College's 61% Challenge
An anonymous graduate has pledged to donate $610,000 to Centre College if 61% of the College's alumni make a gift of any amount before June 30th. I can see President Whitlock doing something like this.
August 19
Kathy Barr commented on Matt Schumacher's blog post 'E-Expecations of the Parents of College-Bound Students - Noel-Levitz'
Great info, Matt! Should definitely be considered when planning the communications campaign as a wholistic approach to student recruitment and the decision making process.
April 1
Matt Schumacher added a blog post
- 7 out of 10 college students reported communicating "very often" with at least one parent or guardian during the academic year. - 74% of parents reporting they communicated with their children at least twice per week - 70% of parents stating the...
April 1
Matt Schumacher commented on Melanie Bentley's blog post 'Is EKU on FACEBOOK?'
Wow. Good work Melanie. Here's EKU's public profile on facebook.
March 27
Matt Schumacher commented on Matt Schumacher's video 'EKU Students & Campus'
I don't believe so. The Eastern Kentucky University facebook page links to the mascot video.
March 18
Matt Schumacher added 2 videos
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At 1:55pm on March 10, 2009, ry said…
Matt, how's your advisor Ning network going? Are you able to use it communicate with other advisors?
At 4:18pm on July 18, 2008, Kathy Barr said…
Hey, Matt - Thanks for the direction to Butler's website. The student blogs are really quite good. If you all get a chance, take a look at Christina's blog. Scroll on down to "Read This". It's Steve Jobs' commencement address and is really quite good.

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"Rethinking How Colleges Present Themselves on the Web"

NY Times: The Choice article

More attention on academics - departments and majors. How long does it take to graduate and what kind of job can I get?

Financial calculators

Conveying information rapidly - what makes us distinct?

Video vital to web - however students do not want to wait for Flash and JavaScript to load.

High school sophomores and junior have little… Continue

Posted on August 23, 2009 at 10:14am —

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E-Expecations of the Parents of College-Bound Students - Noel-Levitz

- 7 out of 10 college students reported communicating "very often" with at least one parent or guardian during the academic year.
- 74% of parents reporting they communicated with their children at least twice per week
- 70% of parents stating they were doing at least some of the college research and paperwork for their children

- 90% of parents rely on web sites to research campuses
- 48% of parents have viewed a virtual tour and 42% have not but would like to
- 25% of parents have completed a… Continue

Posted on April 1, 2009 at 9:06am — 1 Comment

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Marketing: The difference between building a website and using it Karlyn Morissette

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Posted on February 22, 2009 at 11:35pm — 1 Comment

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It's 2009: Do you know where your web site is?

It's 2009: Do you know where your web site is?
by Russell Powell
Chronicle of Higher Education, February 20, 2009

General guidelines from the article:
- Simplify without being simplistic - Make it relevant to your reader, but get to the point quickly.
- Don't make work - Some things bear repeating, like contact information.
- Set priorities - Not all news is equal. Write unique copy for news and events with distinct headlines.… Continue

Posted on February 20, 2009 at 8:49am — 1 Comment

 
 

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