Archive for the ‘Prospective Students’ Category

Get a chance to listen to the smartest academic in tech according to Fortune. Register for Dr. danah boyd’s master class by tomorrow!

July 12th, 2010 Karine Joly No Comments

I know this is a very long title for a short post, but what I can say… Last week Fortune released its list of the smartest people in tech in several categories. Dr danah boyd, who will present an online master class about the social media practices of young adults this Thursday for Higher Ed […]

LipDubbed Campus Tours: Suffolk University and Texas State University did it

November 17th, 2009 Karine Joly 5 Comments

It looks like the incredible success of the lipdub produced by students from UQAM in Montreal, QC (more than 2.5 million views as of this writing) has pushed some institutions in the US to finally join the university lipdub movement. Texas State University in San Marcos did its lipdub on November 8th in the LBJ […]

Social Networks: Should you go private or stick with Facebook?

October 12th, 2009 Karine Joly 3 Comments

A frightening and yet interesting thing happened to Rachel Reuben from SUNY New Paltz a few days ago. The Facebook page she created 2 years ago for her university disappeared. Rachel tried everything to get the page back as she explained in a post she wrote last week: Feeling Naked: A Tale of the Disappearing […]

Higher Ed TV: How to promote academic programs with online videos

September 2nd, 2009 Karine Joly 3 Comments

Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business has used online videos to promote its Graduate Program in Business Administration with great success. I stumbled upon this mini-series composed of 4 different YouTube videos last week and found it very compelling. What I like about these videos is their punch, simple call-to-action (go to the website) […]

Has “FacebookGate” scared your Admissions team? Register by Friday January 9 for Social Networks MBA Webinar Series to learn about social networking alternatives to Facebook

January 5th, 2009 Karine Joly No Comments

Unless you were already on vacations or enjoying your office holiday party, you’ve probably heard about what some (and according to my sources, Andrew Careaga was the first to coin that term) have called “FacebookGate” A few days before Christmas, Brad Ward uncovered, on his blog, a scheme perpetuated by College Prowler and another company […]

Higher Ed TV: Roanoke College plays the viral game to find a new mascot and reach high school students

December 5th, 2008 Karine Joly 1 Comment

Don’t know if you got a chance to read “Getting Consumers to Spend $150,000 With a Viral Effort,” this article published Monday in Advertising Age, but I’m pretty sure we would all love to have our institution featured in such a positive way in any media outlet (minus the price tag in the headline, maybe, […]

Want to learn how to use email marketing to reach your target audiences? Register for Email Marketing 360 webinar series by November 19

November 12th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

After blogs yesterday, today is the turn of email. This week, I guess I’m on a mission to rescue you from the sirens of the lost technologies casting the premature death of very good marketing/communication channels with great proven return on investment. So, let me put it this way right from the get-go: email isn’t […]

Managing Social Networks: It’s the Community, Stupid!

October 14th, 2008 Karine Joly 1 Comment

My fifth UB column for 2008 is now available in the October issue as well as online: “It’s The Community, Stupid! A seven-step plan to raise and nurture any community online.” This column is the written version of the closing keynote I gave at eduWeb last July, a live presentation that also included videos from […]

Catch-up Date with Karine: Admissions – Special post NACAC conference

September 29th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

No post since the last edition of this series “Catch up-Date with Karine” aiming at fighting the information overload, I guess you can imagine how busy the past week has been. Anyway, here’s what I got for you with this special edition about “all things Admissions.” With NACAC’s 64th national conference taking place last week […]

Catch-up Date with Karine: Video, Online Sharing, Gaming, Adult Students & Web Accessibility

September 22nd, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

I’m a bit late this week, but here’s the fourth edition of this series “Catch up-Date with Karine” aiming at fighting the information overload. Please let me know if you find it useful by leaving a comment or sending an email at karine@collegewebeditor.com. Mobile video social networking might happen sooner than we thought Penn State […]

Catch up-Date with Karine: High School Student Survey, Alumni Emails, Social Networking Survey, Twitter Clone & Chrome

September 7th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

Here’s the second edition of this series “Catch up-Date with Karine” aiming at fighting the information overload. Please let me know if you find it useful by leaving a comment or sending an email at karine@collegewebeditor.com. Get in the mind of US high school students with “The 2008-2009 State Of Our Nation’s Youth,” a survey […]

Colgate University gets the updates of his official student Twitterer on its homepage

September 4th, 2008 Karine Joly 7 Comments

Do you Twitter? I do (feel free to follow me @karinejoly) as more and more people in the web and PR higher ed world. But, what about our prospective students or their parents? Do they? We’ll probably find out in a few months by measuring the success of an initiative Colgate University has just launched, […]

eduWeb in 140 words: Producing our Catalog with our Web CMS by Anne Macdonald, Managing Associate Director for Web Services at Suffolk University

July 22nd, 2008 Karine Joly 1 Comment

Note from Karine: This year, I’ve asked all the eduWeb speakers working in universities/colleges to share in 140 words or less the biggest take-away from their presentation or table talk. If you’ve attended this session, feel free to weigh in by posting a comment, a question or a suggestion. The most important take away from […]

eduWeb 2008 in 140 words: High Tech and High Touch: Integrating the Web and Print Using Variable Print Technology by Dr. Cam Cruickshank, VP for Enrollment Management at Tiffin University

July 22nd, 2008 Karine Joly 1 Comment

Note from Karine: This year, I’ve asked all the eduWeb speakers working in universities/colleges to share in 140 words or less the biggest take-away from their presentation or table talk. If you’ve attended this session, feel free to weigh in by posting a comment, a question or a suggestion. Variable print technology is revolutionizing the […]

Higher Ed TV: LonelyGirl15 meets Real Nebraska’s David Burge with “That Bauer Girl” from the CT Bauer College of Business

May 22nd, 2008 Karine Joly 3 Comments

It looks like higher ed Youtube videos are really starting to become a genre. This new video series I’m posting about today really reminds me of Real Nebraska – presented by David Burge – with a twist. Here, the host isn’t a bald funny guy (no offense, David), but Veronica, a student whose long brown […]

Admissions Offices spend twice more of their budget on print than on electronic student recruitment methods

May 2nd, 2008 Karine Joly 16 Comments

Exactly 10.6% on Web site and other electronic formats (e.g., e-mail, text messaging) and 24.1% on printed materials (e.g., viewbooks, brochures, letters) according to The Chronicle Survey of Undergraduate Admissions Officers published in its May 2 issue. The survey results which are only available to subscribers of the print or digital versions (but if you […]