Education

Optimizing Tuition Setting to Facilitate Growth

Optimizing Tuition Setting to Facilitate Growth By Dr. Harry BloomSenior Vice President of Client Solutions There are few topics more controversial or important to independent school sustainability and competitiveness than tuition setting. From a technical standpoint there are some core practices widely considered fundamental to the process. One is looking […]

Alumni Surveys: Looking to the Past to Find the Best Path Forward for Your Independent School

By Daniel Chiat, Vice President, Measuring Success As schools look forward to the 2018-19 school year, it might seem premature to reach out to alumni. But checking in with recent grads is a great way to enhance a lifelong relationship. It is also a good time to check in with older […]

Driving a Strong Enrollment Pipeline

One of the reasons Measuring Success was invited to present at the Nashville meeting of the Association of Independent School Admissions Professionals (AISAP) is because of our success at using data to support enrollment management at independent schools. We use data in a couple of ways. First, we create lookalike […]

The Emerging Science of Independent School Enrollment Growth

By Dr. Harry Bloom, Senior Vice President, Measuring Success “For the first time in years, I have a clear pathway to enrollment growth,” said the Head of School at an independent day school after reviewing a draft strategic recruitment and retention plan from Measuring Success. About a week later, I […]

VIDEO: Webinar ‘Using Data to Systematically Increase Enrollment’

On June 19, Dr. Harry Bloom and Geordie Mitchell presented a webinar on Using Data to Systematically Increase Enrollment. Presented here is a recording of the event. Please feel free to reach by email out if you have questions or would like a no-cost consultation on using data to enhance […]

TABS 2018: Dr. Bloom Will Present at Boarding School Association Annual Conference

Join Dr. Harry Bloom and Cynthia Fanikos (of St. John’s Prep) for their presentation at the 2018 conference of The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) in Washington, DC, November 29 to December 1. Conference details and registration information here. Dr. Bloom and Ms. Fanikos will present on “Using Comparative Benchmarking to […]

VIDEO: Prospect List Webinar with Ellie Levine and Mark Cross

Five Questions from the Prospect List Webinar Thank you to the hundreds of independent school professionals who participated in the Tuesday, June 12 webinar on using targeted prospect lists to grow enrollment. We had an active and engaged audience with many questions rolling through during the Q&A. While we answered […]

AISAP Annual Meeting – Two Sessions on Enrollment Challenges with Dr. Harry Bloom

Join Dr. Harry Bloom at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Association of Independent School Admission Professionals (AISAP) in Nashville, July 15-18. Register here. Dr. Bloom will present on Monday from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. on “Using Market Segment Management to Drive a Proactive Recruitment Program,” and on Tuesday from […]

The Data Always Tells a Story

By Patrick Zoccali, Senior Data Analyst In working with independent schools, faith-based organizations, and nonprofits, it has been enlightening to see how data always tells the story of how a given institution is performing. As a senior data analyst at Measuring Success, one of my jobs is to look at […]

Using Data Analytics to Find Prospective Families that Resemble Your Current Parents

Measuring Success Offers Highly Targeted (Data-Driven) Prospect Lists to Jewish Day Schools By Mark Cross, CEO It is the time of year for independent school admissions professionals to be finalizing the details of who will be enrolling for the 2018-2019 school year. But, what if you have empty seats to fill? Do […]