Friday Five: The state of #highered marketing

{30ce7300-01ea-4921-ad65-925927d08273}_CMO_LandingPage_header_v2_(2)On Thursday I received an email from The Chronicle of Higher Education inviting me to download a report about the state of marketing in higher education. An early version of the report — titled “Higher Ed Marketing Comes of Age: Data and Insights from College Marketing Leaders” — was shared last November during the American Marketing Association‘s Symposium on Higher Education. I was anxious to delve into the findings then, as Jason Simon of SimpsonScarborough, which partnered with the Chronicle to conduct the research, gave participants of a salon for chief marketing officers (CMOs) a sneak preview. Many of us in the room had taken part in the survey as well.

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A (slightly) new look for this blog

The new WordPress theme for this blog is appropriately titled Truly Minimal.
The new WordPress theme for this blog is appropriately titled Truly Minimal.

I’ve been playing around with different WordPress themes off and on over the past few weeks to find one that would replace the theme I have been using for years (Inuit). I wanted to stick to a minimalist theme — but one that was more readable than the Inuit theme and, just as important, free to use. I think I’ve found it with this theme, which is appropriately called Truly Minimal.