On-Demand Webinar: Graduate Education: 7 Trends That Will Inform 2025

What are the most important graduate education trends that will inform your success in 2025? We've been looking at all the new data that comes out each fall, and in this webinar we delve into the 7 most important trends that can positively impact your success—if you know what they are and how to respond to them.

Here are only the first four of the seven trends we dive into with a panel of seasoned graduate, recruitment, marketing, and enrollment leaders.

Graduate education had a very good year this past year, but what drove growth?
The enrollment cliff is now at our doorstep. What should institutions be doing to plan for it?
The "hot" grad programs have changed a lot in the last five years. What is up and what is down?
International graduate enrollment growth continues to be strong. What should institutions be looking out for?

Watch now to ensure your graduate enrollment efforts start strong in 2025.

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Who You’ll Hear From

Anuja Siraj

Director, Digital Strategy, RNL

Anuja Siraj is a strategic visionary and hands-on digital strategist for over 10 years of experience leading and transforming digital marketing vision and strategy, driving new customer acquisition, and generating revenue growth. She collaborates with RNL's leaders and experts, campus partners, and cross-functional teams to deliver digital marketing projects that are fully aligned with the goals of our college and university partners. She oversees RNL's digital marketing strategy across channels for these projects, leveraging data analytics for insights and decision-making.

Kelsey Freidel Nelson

Associate Vice President, Campus Engagement, RNL

Kelsey brings more than 13 years of enrollment and fundraising experience to RNL. Kelsey is the key point of contact between campus leadership and RNL service units to maintain a constant grasp on all account details. She identifies areas of opportunity throughout the student lifecycle, bringing together subject matter experts from across the enterprise to support the success of institutions. She has collaborated with public and private institutions across the U.S. on graduate and online program development, undergraduate student search, digital lead generation, and student success.

Lori Cannistra

Senior Consultant, RNL

Lori assists clients and prospective clients by crafting compelling graduate and online strategies tailored to clients' unique needs, developing and sharing best practices and trend resources across the nonprofit sector, while also providing recommendations based on analysis of client goals and objectives. She brings more than 14 years of marketing and enrollment management experience in undergraduate, graduate, and international admissions. She previously served as director of graduate admissions at Carroll University.

Nate Mouttet

Vice President, RNL

A career higher education enrollment leader, Nate helps RNL providers adopt growth and scale solutions to stabilize or expand their graduate and online programs. Nate is an expert in graduate and online program marketing, program development and delivery as part of larger strategic enrollment planning. He helps RNL partner institutions adopt new technology, data-driven strategy and key services to enhance the entire student lifecycle and maximize success.

Reena Lichtenfeld, Ed.D

Senior Vice President, Consulting Services, RNL

Dr. Reena Lichtenfeld brings more than 20 years of experience in higher education administration. Her areas of expertise include graduate, undergraduate, and online admissions; strategic recruitment and enrollment management/planning; and policy, accreditation, governance, and compliance. Reena is a results-driven passionate higher education professional who brings a broad spectrum of proven tools and strategies to the table.

Shane Pruitt, Ed.D

Executive Consultant, Enrollment Consulting Services, RNL

Dr. Shane Pruitt offers nearly 15 years of recruitment and enrollment experience. Shane serves various top-tier RNL partners in both private and public spheres. He also supports the efforts of all associate consultants and executives working with enrollment management consulting.