Student Retention

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Retention is built before students arrive. Posts on the events, communications, and programming that keep students enrolled past year one.

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Higher Education

What Is Summer Melt? A 2026 Definition for Admissions Teams

A definitive 2026 guide to summer melt: what it is, who's most at risk, the three structural causes, and how admissions teams are already reducing it.

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Higher Education

How to read your melt curve (and what to do about it)

A practical guide to identifying your institution's melt curve shape (Cliff, Slow Bleed, Late Surge, or Flat Line) and taking the right intervention action at the right moment in the post-deposit window.

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Higher Education

The Belonging Gap: Why 1 in 4 Deposited Students Vanish Before Move-In

Why 10–40% of deposited students never show up, what's really driving summer melt, and how admissions teams are closing the belonging gap before move-in.

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Higher Education

How UNLV's College Orientation App Replaced Every Printed Program

See how UNLV runs a 5,000-student orientation without printing a single page, and how they use orientation app data for student retention.

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Higher Education

He Built 30+ Custom Schedules Across 5 Colleges at The New School. Here's the Blueprint.

The New School manages orientation across 5 colleges with 30+ personalized student schedules. Built by one person. Here's how they did it.

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Higher Education

How Purdue Welcomes 8,000 Students Without Losing the Human Touch

See how Purdue’s orientation strategy helps 8,000 new students feel connected and supported, blending scale with a personal, human touch.

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