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Apr 16 2025

Every Conversation Matters: Higher Ed Engagement Learnings from Millions of Student Conversations

You don’t need more messages. You need more meaningful conversations. That’s the core takeaway from Every Conversation

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Scaling Engagement Campus-Wide: The Case for Unified Communication Platforms in Higher Ed

It takes more than one department to build meaningful student and alumni relationships. From admissions and marketing to IT, student success services, and advancement, each team contributes to making students feel valued and supported throughout ...

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Introducing the Mongoose Conversation Intelligence Dashboard

Introducing the Conversation Intelligence Dashboard: Deeper Insights, Smarter Engagement

See their feels. Shape their future. That’s the idea behind Mongoose’s newest product release — the Conversation Intelligence Dashboard — a major step forward in helping institutions understand not just how much they’re communicating, but ...

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What 80 Million Messages Taught Us About Higher Ed Communication in 2025

In the fast-changing world of higher ed, one thing is clear: conversations—not just messages—are what move students forward. This year, Mongoose analyzed over 80 million messages and 16 million unique conversations to uncover how colleges and ...

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What is Conversation Intelligence? An Introduction for Higher Ed Professionals

Higher ed has a communication problem. Not because institutions don’t reach out; schools send more messages than ever. The problem is how they’re sending them. Mass emails go unread. One-way texts get ignored. Purpose-built CRMs capture data, ...

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AI in Higher Ed: The Future of Enrollment Management

US colleges and universities are navigating how to use AI technology to streamline enrollment management as demand for real-time, personalized student interactions increases. Up to 57% of higher education leaders claim their institution sees AI as a ...

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The Role of Multi-Channel Communication in Student Success

More than one in three students considered stopping out in 2024, with 64% indicating mental health concerns as the primary reason, according to the Gallup-Lumina State of Higher Education Report. To keep struggling students enrolled and on track ...

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Empathy and AI: Rethinking Higher Ed Conversations

AI in Higher Ed: Friend or Foe? Students today expect fast, personal, and meaningful interactions from their schools. The old playbook of mass emails and phone calls isn’t cutting it. So how do institutions scale real, human conversations when ...

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5 Ways Conversation Intelligence Enhances Admissions Communication

Nearly half of high school students begin researching colleges in their sophomore year or earlier, yet only 22% fully understand the application process, according to the 2024 National Prospective Student Survey from Hanover Research. Admissions ...

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How to Improve Student Retention by Going Beyond Basic CRM Tools

For dedicated higher education student success teams—that is, VPs of Student Success and Retention, Directors of Academic Advising, and Directors of Academic Support, or similar roles—getting college students enrolled is just the beginning. Now, ...

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