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Feasibility studies help institutions assess the viability, costs, and risks of launching new academic units to ensure strategic, sustainable growth.

Facing financial instability? Discover why lasting higher ed turnarounds hinge on more than just money.

Leverage aid strategically to match the right students with limited seats in health science programs.

Declining international enrollment is reshaping the higher ed landscape—here’s what institutions can do to adapt and stay competitive.

MBA programs must rethink financial aid strategies to balance enrollment growth, revenue goals, and class quality amid shifting market dynamics and increased competition.

Discover how short-term, high-impact projects can help your institution stay agile, aligned, and ahead—without the burden of a traditional planning process.

Uncover the strategic advantages of managing student success in a separate CRM system.

Facing a hiring freeze? Kennedy & Company offers interim staffing, strategic planning, and retention tools to help institutions stay resilient and student-focused.

A practical guide to integrating student success operations into your CRM, with step-by-step strategies for alignment, implementation, and measurable impact.

Many institutions already see a Slate instance and think, I hope this can do everything I need because I can’t fill more of my day with technology. Well, you’re in good luck!

In the face of daunting demographic challenges, many enrollment leaders are looking for ways to recruit, enroll, and retain a shrinking pool of high school graduates.

As tuition and net prices paid by students continue to diverge, many institutions are considering “tuition resets” to more closely match the sticker price that prospective students see vs what they would actually pay.

In some corners of higher education, Responsibility Center Management (RCM) is a term that causes anxiety amongst deans. It can conjure visions of a “zero sum game” with competition for students, adversarial relationships with central services functions, and difficulty in managing decentralized budgets.

I’ve always contested that one of the most significant impacts that Slate has had on the world of enrollment management is democratization of data access.

Washington, DC – Kennedy & Company, a leading provider of strategic and technological solutions for higher education institutions and companies serving the education sector, today announced significant organizational changes aimed at enhancing its ability to deliver comprehensive solutions to clients.

What used to be many manual steps of weekly work for someone becomes 1 step of manual work, and only when courses are approved. Every other piece of the process has become automated.

Last week I was asked by a client to tell her what the difference is between “dependent” and “independent” subqueries in Technolutions Slate.

At Kennedy & Company we work with dozens of CRM administrators every week, as well as many Higher Education institutions which are looking for or onboarding someone to fill this role.

We know this recruitment cycle has been unlike many others. Yet, as I reflect on my career as a former financial aid administrator, I recall thinking those exact words on more than one occasion. First came the Great Recession of 2008-09 but institutions managed to help students and their families through economic hardship and kept them enrolled.

Those of us close to the enrollment space have been following along the dizzying trail of Department of Education updates, trying to understand all the operational impacts of a bungled “Better FASFA, Better Future” rollout this year. It was not all that long ago that, I, personally would have a staff of financial aid folks pivot our policies and practices with each of these updates.

Implementing a CRM system for your institution can be a complex and daunting process. For some, that might feel like an understatement. A CRM can help streamline work in many ways – improving student engagement and outreach, building efficiencies in recruitment processes, and aiding student success efforts.

Marketing and business analysts and CRM analysts play a crucial role in the success of higher education institutions. These professionals are responsible for managing and analyzing data to inform marketing and business decisions, and to improve student engagement and retention.

A recent Chronicle of Higher Education article reminded the industry they likely have a lot of homework to do to ensure their websites are more ready for updated accessibility standards to be enforced come 2026.

WASHINGTON, DC – Kennedy & Company, a distinguished integrated strategy and technology consulting services in higher education, today announced its acquisition of FGI Consultants, a renowned specialist in Technolutions Slate implementation and custom enhancements.

In the rapidly evolving landscape of higher ed enrollment technology (CRM), marketing, admissions, and student success teams are increasingly exploring AI-powered solutions.

Applications to law schools have surged this cycle. Tailwinds from a contentious election, a sputtering job market for young professionals, changes to the LSAT, and even the success of legal dramas in popular media (see Suits and The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix) have turbocharged interest in the legal profession.

Part 1 of 4 in our Aid Leveraging Series. Aid leveraging has become an “icky” word in some higher education circles. To insiders, it has come to signify the proverbial race to the bottom that is defined by high tuition discounting and low yield experienced by institutions that use outdated one-size-fits-all approaches to undergraduate student recruitment.