How OSU-Cascades Lifted Its Contact Rate From 36 Percent to 57 Percent

TL;DR Kettering University had faced a decade of enrollment decline and had no real texting program. In 2023, Director of Enrollment Matt Fortescue’s team moved to a texting-first strategy with Mongoose Text, connected to Slate. Deposits rose 60% year over...

TL;DR Community college enrollment depends on students finishing a long list of steps, and a personal text gets those steps done faster than an email nobody reads. McLennan Community College has 28 teams texting students through Mongoose, connected to Slate...