Identifying and Exploring Higher Education’s Top Trends in 2025

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What Are Stackable Credentials, and How Can You Build Programs Around Them?
What Are Stackable Credentials, and How Can You Build Programs Around Them?

As institutions strive to bridge the education and employment gap, stackable credentials can help. Here’s how to go about creating them.

To Improve Student Success, Higher Ed Might Need to Shift How It Views Community
To Improve Student Success, Higher Ed Might Need to Shift How It Views Community

Experts from Jenzabar and institutions across the country discussed the role community plays in student success. We examine their takeaways.

Freshmen Persistence and Retention Rates Are Up. Here’s How You Can Sustain the Trend.
Freshmen Persistence and Retention Rates Are Up. Here’s How You Can Sustain the Trend.

Freshmen retention and persistence is increasing. Here’s how to bolster early intervention and first-year programs to continue the upward trend.

The Key to Student Success: Keep Things Human
The Key to Student Success: Keep Things Human

Struggling students have unique needs. How can busy student success professionals tailor support to meet those needs?

The 2024 EDUCAUSE Top 10, Part 2: When It Comes to Resilience, Attitude Is Everything
The 2024 EDUCAUSE Top 10, Part 2: When It Comes to Resilience, Attitude Is Everything

At its annual meeting this year, EDUCAUSE released its 2024 Top 10. We break those issues down in the second of this three-part series.

Here’s How CIOs Can Drive Enrollment, Staffing, and Digital Transformation

Dominican University is a small liberal arts college that has managed to thrive in a competitive urban environment. What are the secrets to their success?

Student Retention Challenges Persist. Here’s How to Address Them.
Student Retention Challenges Persist. Here’s How to Address Them.

Jenzabar’s Jeff Elliott and Mathew Arndt reflect on the difference between viewing retention as a strategy for institutional and student success.

How Can Institutions Serve the Needs of Hyper-Local or Niche Communities?
How Can Institutions Serve the Needs of Hyper-Local or Niche Communities?

Jenzabar Senior Solutions Consultant Sabine O’Neill examines challenges facing hyper-local schools and what can be done to overcome them.

A Case for Effective Technology Stewardship
A Case for Effective Technology Stewardship

Product Manager at Jenzabar, Terrill Gilley discusses the relationship between good technology stewardship and student success.

How Do You Determine the Value of a College Degree?
How Do You Determine the Value of a College Degree?

Most-Innovative Approach to ROI award winner Dr. Jen Janecek-Hartman discusses the intricacies of calculating the ROI of a college degree.

Academic Advising Software: A Catalyst for Student Persistence and Institutional Success
Academic Advising Software: A Catalyst for Student Persistence and Institutional Success

Discover how the University of Mary increased efficiency, retention rates, and tuition revenue with Jenzabar’s academic advising software.

Improving Student Retention Rates by 200%? Here’s How One College Did It.
Improving Student Retention Rates by 200%? Here’s How One College Did It.

United Tribes Technical College increased its student retention rates by nearly 200%. We examine the steps UTTC took to make this happen.

3 Ways to Enable a Seamless Student Experience
3 Ways to Enable a Seamless Student Experience

Institutions can create more seamless student experiences by leveraging technology to uncomplicate day-to-day processes. We uncover how.

How Can Colleges and Universities Answer the Call for Skills-Based Learning?
How Can Colleges and Universities Answer the Call for Skills-Based Learning?

Local industries are reaching out to colleges and universities for help training workers. Here’s how institutions can respond.