By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read As humans we value honesty and authenticity from others, a lot.Unfortunately, most prospective students continue to feel like the communications they receive during their college search are copied and pasted to …
The Right Time To Text Prospective Students
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read Along with email, texting continues to be one of the most popular and frequently used forms of communication by colleges and universities during a student’s search.Part of following best practices and being …
Advice To Help You Connect With More Students
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 4 minute read Throughout the summer I’ve been asked numerous times by admissions leaders how they can turn more prospects or suspects into inquiries, and/or generate more applications this cycle.As we’ve been talking through …
Please Stop Asking Students This Question
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 1 minute read Last week while I was leading a training for an admissions team in Alabama, one of the topics we discussed was how to get conversations started with prospective students.Keep in mind that the majority of students …
I Really Want This To Be Your Goal
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read How many young people like starting conversations?That’s one of the questions I ask during the recruitment workshops I lead. Along with some chuckling from the room, the responses typically are “Zero” and/or …