PS&L Blog

We’ve just conducted a survey of colleges and universities to find out whether they have a mobile website that is optimized for smart phones. Our results were pretty much what we expected. The majority do not yet have a website set up for handheld devices For those who do not have a mobile site yet, [...]

Social Parasite or Friend? Did you see the article “Top recruit quits Facebook following ‘living nightmare’” by Cameron Smith, a Yahoo! Sports blogger?  The article talks about how the high school student, who has been dubbed the top football recruit in the country, felt he had to shut down his Facebook account because the assault [...]

In an article I read recently, ABC News reported that 70% of all high school students choose to attend college after high school graduation.  Unfortunately, the graduation rate of students who begin college and complete in 6 years is just over 40% – not an impressive national graduation rate.  According to the College Board, the [...]

It’s time to admit that I was not an early advocate of social media in higher education. From where I sat (at the time), social sites were for high school and college kids who wanted to keep in touch with friends, share photos, and flirt with each other online. This was no place for a [...]

To see full size click here A long time ago, in another life before I was in higher education marketing, I was taking photographs of an expert in relationship management (their words) at a corporate event.  He had a great pitch to start his presentation, “Opposites attract  -  for the first two marriages.” What’s that [...]