Insights

Every VP Should Spend a Day Working in the Marketing Department

Discover how stepping into the marketing trenches can offer fresh perspective, strengthen leadership, and change the way you see your team.

Professional Development /
By: Lana Fontenot

Empathy Is the Discipline Innovation Needs

In an industry searching for innovation, empathy is needed to separate useful progress from expensive mistakes.

Nostalgia Is Not a Strategy: An Updated Playbook for Higher Ed Marketing

The public won’t be higher ed’s cheerleaders anymore. Here’s how marketing teams build their own — starting with the magazine budget.

Demystifying Marcom Titles in Higher Ed

Higher ed marketing titles are a mess. Here’s what manager, director, senior director, AVP and CMO should mean, and how to fix confusing ones.

Resources

Case Study: Localist Events & Southern Utah University

Southern Utah University partnered with Concept3D and Localist Events to centralize calendars and improve permissions management.

Case Study: Clive & Wilfrid Laurier University

Wilfrid Laurier University partnered with Clive to personalize content that attracts and retains students and increases alumni donations.

Case Study: Campus Sonar & Duquesne University

Duquesne University’s partnership with Campus Sonar illustrates how sharing relevant data and building trust can lead to success.

New Compliance Tactics: Dissecting Higher Ed’s Changing Legal Terrain

From Title VI investigations at elite law schools to “Compact 2.0,” guest Neal Hutchens joins Campus Docket to unpack the unprecedented legal tactics shifting the political and regulatory landscape of higher education.

The Future of Volt & the Higher Ed Community: A Little More Punk Rock

Volt General Manager Louis Miller joins Higher Voltage to discuss Volt’s evolution, restoring trust in higher ed, and why marketing needs more agitators.

How Legal, Political, and Financial Forces Shape Higher Ed Accreditation

Are accreditors about to become the federal government’s civil rights compliance cops?

Features

How MCLA Found AI Visibility Success by Getting its  Digital Ducks in Order

MCLA cleaned up its website and web governance before chasing AI visibility — and then grew AI citations 52% and enrollment 25%. Here’s their playbook.

Lessons From the Field /
By: Kristin Nichols

Lessons From a Former Higher Ed Social Media Manager

A former university social media manager on the org chart, budget, and career-path changes higher ed marketing needs — and is afraid to ask for.

Your Peer Institutions Aren’t Your Biggest Competitors Anymore

Colleges aren’t just competing against each other but against the much broader question of whether a degree is still worth the investment. Here’s how to show your school is still worth the investment.

Does the higher ed marketing unicorn exist? 

Higher ed marketing jobs frequently demand a unicorn — strategist, designer, analyst, SEO pro. Four experts weigh in on the cost of role sprawl.

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2026 UPCEA MEMS Conference

The annual UPCEA Marketing, Enrollment Management, and Student Success (MEMS) conference is the premier event for leaders and practitioners responsible for online and professional continuing education marketing and enrollment management […]

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