Upcoming Webinar: 5 Enrollment Trends You Need to Know for 2025

New data from numerous annual reports show that there are serious enrollment challenges in higher education, from first-year enrollment declines for traditional undergraduates to international graduate enrollment. How do we make sense of all these trends and, more importantly, how do we uncover the opportunities that will help your institution succeed?

Join us for this webinar as we consider the implications of current national and RNL studies that should shape strategic and tactical planning over the next 12 months. Particularly, as we enter what has been identified as the first year of the "demographic cliff," data-informed decision-making will be more important to enrollment health than ever before.

During this webinar, we will explore:

What does a future with fewer 18-year-olds mean for institutional health? How should we react to the "cliff'? And will it have the same impact across the country?
What are the primary concerns of traditional undergraduates, and how can institutions respond? How may events like the 2024 FAFSA rollout continue to impact students and enrollment?
What are the opportunities and challenges in serving adult students today, particularly the "some college/no credential" population?
What is on the horizon for graduate enrollment? Are there risks in relying on international graduate students? How do institutions ensure they are ready for a more domestic audience?
What do trends in online versus classroom degree production mean for institutions as they plan their strategies for enrollment health?

The webinar will close with a discussion focused on how institutions need to formulate a comprehensive enrollment strategy that brings all student populations to the center of enrollment health.

Who You’ll Hear From

Host and Moderator: Sarah Glitsch

Senior Vice President, RNL

Sarah provides strategic leadership for RNL partners, maximizing their success with RNL enrollment and fundraising services. She helps RNL partners meet their goals with high ROI, using best practices, benchmarks, and creative strategy to maximize student yield and donor retention.

Raquel Bermejo, Ed.D.

AVP for Market Research, RNL

Dr. Raquel Bermejo analyzes existing research, inquiry, and conversion data in addition to conducting original research with college-seeking students and parents to understand the trends and student behaviors. Her research informs and enhances the services the company provides.

Scott Jeffe

Vice President of Graduate and Online Research, RNL

Over more than 20 years, he has worked with nearly 400 institutions in more than 40 states to apply market data to improve marketing, recruitment, and enrollment focused on graduate students, online students, and adult undergraduate students.

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.

Dani Rollins, Ed.D.

Vice President, RNL

Dr. Dani Rollins brings a depth of experience and transformational leadership practices from a variety of institutions to bear on her work with RNL. Dani has been an enrollment management professional for over 20 years and has worked in both the public and private educational sectors, with extensive experience in recruitment, admissions processing, data analysis, marketing, and management for traditional undergraduates, graduate, and online students.

Jessica Ickes

Vice President, Market and Research Services

Jessica assists RNL clients in taking a data-informed approach to their enrollment planning and new program development initiatives. Jessica has collaborated with colleges and universities on survey research, academic program development and prioritization, and the use of internal and external data to inform strategy and planning.