The Blog

Whether you're just starting or scaling, the trends, tips, and to-dos to improve your parent engagement strategy.

Featured

How 6 institutions boosted
Fall 2024 yield with CampusESP

We analyzed data from 6 institutions using CampusESP and 127,987 prospective parents. See how families increase likelihood to apply, enroll, and more.
Learn more >

Case Studies Melissa Greiner, VP of Marketing Case Studies Melissa Greiner, VP of Marketing

William & Mary scores time savings and increases open rates with custom family newsletters

William & Mary’s monthly class-year newsletters provide tailored content to families. Sounds like a lift, but their team has been able to reduce the time it takes to create the newsletters by 75% while improving open rates by 4%. Check out how their smart use of CampusESP features and dedication to community and engagement is taking their strategy to a new level!

Read More
Webinar Recordings Melissa Greiner, VP of Marketing Webinar Recordings Melissa Greiner, VP of Marketing

Create a family-focused editorial calendar of content that drives enrollment

In 30 minutes we share some key moments to engage, the topics that should resonate, and guidance on how to turn those ideas into real content that influences your enrollment outcomes. Create an editorial calendar live with us by watching the webinar recording, or read the highlights of how to build your own.

Read More
Case Studies Brooke Sterneck, VP of Product & Product Marketing Case Studies Brooke Sterneck, VP of Product & Product Marketing

Reach fundraising goals with strategic family engagement

Parents should be a central part of your fundraising strategy. Stacey Muzzi from University of Delaware and Kyra Lyons from The Catholic University of America joined us to discuss three ways that strategic family engagement has helped them cultivate parents into donors, increase donor participation, and identify major gift prospects.

Read More
Case Studies Lacey Janofsky, Sr. Customer Success Manager Case Studies Lacey Janofsky, Sr. Customer Success Manager

Duquesne University’s full lifecycle family engagement strategy increases student enrollment and retention

Three divisions at Duquesne — Enrollment Management, Marketing and Communications, and Student Life — are all dedicated to a larger initiative to increase student retention at the university. In 2021, Duquesne turned to CampusESP to communicate with both prospective and current families.

Read More
Best Practices Melissa Greiner, VP of Marketing Best Practices Melissa Greiner, VP of Marketing

NAU drives assistance for food insecure students through family engagement

An announcement to families about SNAP benefits made a big impact — it connected students in need with necessary resources and spurred conversations across campus on how they could better serve their students. Read how the team at NAU is working social impact initiatives into the family engagement strategy.

Read More
Webinar Recordings Elizabeth Harris, Account Management Team Lead Webinar Recordings Elizabeth Harris, Account Management Team Lead

4 best practices (from 3 HSIs!) to engage Spanish-speaking families

Hispanic enrollment at four-year institutions increased by 287% between 2000 and 2020! Read on for four best practices to engage Spanish-speaking families, based on advice from 3 HSIs doing this well: Northern Arizona University, Texas Woman’s University, and New Mexico State University.

Read More
Research Dave Becker, CEO Research Dave Becker, CEO

What 12,000 prospective parents want from enrollment teams

CampusESP and RNL recently surveyed over 12,000 parents of prospective college students – the largest survey of its kind to date – to find out what they really want. Read on for our top six takeaways from the 2023 Prospective Family Report and use these learnings to inform how you leverage parent influence in the enrollment process to improve results.

Read More
Best Practices Lacey Janofsky, Sr. Customer Success Manager Best Practices Lacey Janofsky, Sr. Customer Success Manager

5 steps Catholic University took to secure a major gift through parent engagement

Catholic University leveraged strategic parent communication and data captured in CampusESP to grow their Parents Council and donor pool … and secured a $50,000 gift from a major gift prospect. Here are the five strategies the team utilized to keep engagement high and bring this gift to fruition.

Read More
Webinar Recordings Kerri Meeks-Griffin, Account Manager Webinar Recordings Kerri Meeks-Griffin, Account Manager

Jumpstart your enrollment cycle in 4 easy ways

Pacific Lutheran University experienced a very successful enrollment cycle this year. Their Dean of Admission shared her strategies on how to engage families over the summer to increase visits, applications, and enrollment! Here are four easy ways to jumpstart your enrollment cycle.

Read More