Weightlist Episode 14 – Is Enrollment Management Ready for AI?
If artificial intelligence and smart automation can change the way dairy farmers approach their work, why can it not do the same for enrollment managers? How can Enrollment Managers cut through the noise and analyze AI and automation options that are available now,...
Weightlist Episode 13 – Enrollment Goals and Half-Court Shots: You Cannot Have it All
Another Fall brings another set of enrollment goals to relentlessly pursue for many admissions teams across the nation. But how can data help delineate a stretch goal from a NBA half-court heave? In this episode of The Weightlist, Thom and Brad walk through a deep...
Weightlist Episode 12 – Following the College Access Money with Ozan Jaquette
For universities, there exists a tension in the space between living an institutional mission and funding that mission. Ozan Jaquette is an Assistant Professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies and is fascinated by the often curious...
Weightlist Episode 11 – Attributing Success in a Complex Recruitment Environment
Now that May 1 has come and gone, how are enrollment planners assessing the effectiveness of their recruitment across a variety of related and interlocking tactics? As is the case in other areas, the dominant thinking in enrollment management is antiquated compared to...
Weightlist Episode 10 – Open Data as Wide as the Sky with Tim McKay
Given the breadth of new data that is generated by the modern university, what does the future of higher education look like if it were to embrace big open data? What could the transcript of the future look like, and how could admissions evaluation work? There’s big...
Weightlist Episode 9 – Agile Enrollment Featuring Eric Shriner
In 2001, a group of computer scientists gathered at a resort to collectively rethink the methods that had dominated software development projects for decades. This rise of “agile development” emphasized cross-functional teams operating within rapid iterative cycles...
