Month: May 2016

How do you use WordPress in #highered? WPCampus wants to know

wordpress-logo-stacked-rgbDoes your college or university use WordPress as a content management system for your website? How about as a blogging platform, news site or microsite? If so, then WPCampus, a community of web professionals interested in advancing WordPress as a platform for higher education, wants to hear from you. Continue reading “How do you use WordPress in #highered? WPCampus wants to know”

Friday Five: What digital-savvy students want (and don’t want)

When it comes to influencing the college choices of prospective students, social media is at the bottom of the list, while a school's website carries the most influence.
When it comes to influencing the college choices of prospective students, social media is at the bottom of the list, while a school’s website carries the most influence.

This bar chart should tell you everything you need to know about the influence of social media on today’s college students. It comes from a recent report by G/O Digital called “The Digital Search for Education.” Social media may be popular among the college crowd, but when it comes to influencing their decisions to apply to a certain college or university, social scores low. An institution’s website, though, holds the most sway over a prospective student.

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