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A Wake-Up Call on Trust

Yale’s new trust report has a message for higher ed marketers: the current playbook has a trust problem.

Dear Jaime: How to Build a Strategic Marketing Team in Higher Ed

From intake forms to leadership conversations, Jaime breaks down how higher ed marketing teams can move beyond order taking and into strategy

Why there seems to be no taming the Wild West that is college sports

Even after the Trump roundtable on college athletics, the NIL era is still nowhere near its reckoning point — and universities and boosters are still footing the bill.

’How can I repair a broken relationship between admissions and marketing?’

Jaime Hunt tackles this enduring conundrum, and also gives advice on convincing a president that awareness marketing is worth the investment.

The faculty lounge is now online

LinkedIn has transformed how faculty present themselves and represent their universities.

Dear Jaime: Is a centralized marcomm function always the best approach?

Plus, should I ask parents for their contact information?

Attention, not awareness, is now the currency of brand marketing

In a flooded market where reach doesn’t guarantee recall, what matters is the quality of the time spent with your message.

2026: An Inflection Point for AI

Jaime Hunt says institutions that don’t embrace AI in the classroom and in administration in 2026 will begin to struggle.

Why 2026 Is the Year for Emotional Content

Bruce Lee and TikTok creator lessons for creating connections in an era of content slop and declining reach.

8 things we saw and heard at AMA ‘25

How AI, private equity, changing search behaviors and burnout are defining higher ed marketing right now.