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, [...]

Enrollment Research Survey: Results We kept hearing that the downturn in the economy and escalation of the unemployment rate has had a dramatic effect on the applications and enrollments at many colleges.  Dramatic can be a good or a bad thing, so to find out what’s really happening out there in enrollment we did what [...]

As you know, the deadline for having a net cost calculator on your school’s website is October 2011 (less than a year away).   Whether you already have a calculator or are making a decision about which one to use, this is an excellent opportunity to review your messaging as well as the look of your [...]

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 [...]

I hear it all of the time from admissions counselors. “Making the final decision on where to go to college is an emotional one. It’s based on factors that I don’t have any control over.” Actually you do. That’s not to say you can convince everyone that your university or college is the right choice [...]