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Unpacking Program Demand: Exploring Enrollment Concentration in Academic Portfolios

Across rpk’s work with over 200 higher education institutions, one thing has always held true: some academic program offerings demonstrate much higher demand from students.
April 5, 2024

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Unpacking Program Demand: Exploring Enrollment Concentration in Academic Portfolios

Across rpk’s work with over 200 higher education institutions, one thing has always held true: some academic program offerings demonstrate much higher demand from students.
April 5, 2024
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Moving beyond the enrollment cliff: Lessons learned in scaling & sustaining adult enrollment

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Ready for your next academic portfolio review? See this decision framework first

By Katie Hagan and Charlotte Pierce Colleges and universities often look to their peers for insights and best practice when preparing to launch critical change management initiatives. This is especially…
November 9, 2023

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Academic EfficienciesFeatured

Unpacking Program Demand: Exploring Enrollment Concentration in Academic Portfolios

Across rpk’s work with over 200 higher education institutions, one thing has always held true: some academic program offerings demonstrate much higher demand from students.
April 5, 2024
Adult learners
FeaturedSustainable Business Models

Moving beyond the enrollment cliff: Lessons learned in scaling & sustaining adult enrollment

As institutions continue to navigate pandemic-related enrollment declines, a new challenge looms on the horizon.
November 29, 2023
Leading Change

Ready for your next academic portfolio review? See this decision framework first

By Katie Hagan and Charlotte Pierce Colleges and universities often look to their peers for insights and best practice when preparing to launch critical change management initiatives. This is especially…
November 9, 2023
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Stewardship, sustainability, and student success: What we learned in ‘summer school’

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Higher Education’s Arrival at Strategic Partnerships

John McIntosh, managing partner at SeaChange, joined Rick Staisloff for the April 2023 Wednesday Webinar to discuss higher education’s arrival at strategic partnerships. SeaChange helps nonprofits apply quantitative approaches to…
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HEERF funding: A lifeline for higher education institutions, but a missed chance for reinvention?

The COVID-19 pandemic has left an indelible mark on the world, with U.S. higher education institutions significantly affected. In response, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)…
June 21, 2023
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State ROI from higher education: The increasing call for systemwide change

Change has arrived in higher education, with a focus on financial sustainability and ROI prompting a new set of questions for leadership.
May 31, 2023
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Do less better

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April 27, 2023
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How leaders can move from intent to action in higher ed

Higher education is ready and willing to transform its structures to achieve greater equity and student success. Here's what it's going to take.
April 11, 2023
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A proactive look at strategic partnerships

As institutions begin considering the benefits of a strategic partnership, leaders should consider these key questions.
February 24, 2023
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Higher education’s shift to strategic finance

Matthew Crellin, Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, recently joined rpk’s Rick Staisloff for this latest Mission, Market, and Margin® interview looking at important shifts in the…
January 4, 2023
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Work/life balance and rpk’s winter recess

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December 21, 2022
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8 key lessons from a dozen years of strategic finance

Autumn always presents an important annual milestone for rpk GROUP. We’ve been in the business of learning about strategic finance and sharing our findings for a dozen years now. What…
November 16, 2022
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Looking past survival: What today’s institutions need to thrive

Higher ed leaders are managing a lot these days: high staff turnover rates, increasing student needs for academic and mental health support, revenue shortfalls, and dated technology. How can they…
October 10, 2022
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Are we ready to work together?

Higher education institutions have long operated under the premise that each of their programs and services is unique. But this resistance may be starting to break down.
September 30, 2022
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Institutional leaders weigh in on financial stability

A recent survey of institutional leaders runs counter to rpk’s experience in the field.
August 31, 2022
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Why do we gather?

Why does higher ed gather students, faculty, and staff together? Does this reflect the needs of students and employers, or of institutions?
July 18, 2022
Strategic Finance

Is your institution spending for greatest impact?

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July 11, 2022
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On loving tough change

Change. It’s scary. It’s tough. You’ll love it.
June 24, 2022
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Who are your campus ‘peers’?

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June 16, 2022