The report released last week by the American Association of Community Colleges, Reclaiming the American Dream, was featured in an article in The Economist. US News & World Report carried two pieces on this important study (“Report: Community College Attendance Up, But Graduation Rates Remain Low” and “Consider the High Cost of Low Tuition at [...]
Tom Delahunt, vice president for admission and student financial planning at Drake University, recently wrote a piece for Inside Higher Ed on the critical role all on campus play to ensure a prospective student’s visit is valuable [...]
To increase access for students affected by California budget cuts, Alliant International University recently announced the expansion of its undergraduate offerings with more flexible and cost effective programs. Widmeyer client Geoffrey Cox, president of the university, was featured on KUSI-TV to discuss new merit-based scholarships and the institution’s commitment to helping students at a time [...]
Three public relations professionals have joined Widmeyer Communications: Julia Gotwald, Brad Rizza and Christina Saull. Gotwald is an account executive in the firm’s Public Affairs practice, Rizza is a senior account executive in the firm’s Higher Education practice and Saull is a senior account manager in Public Affairs. All three are based in Widmeyer’s Washington, [...]
The college admissions process can be scary and confusing for a lot of high school seniors (and their parents!). With more than 20 years’ experience, Tom Delahunt, Drake University’s Vice President for Admission and Student Financial Planning thought he knew everything about the admissions process. That changed when he helped his daughter during her search [...]
Widmeyer’s Vice President of Higher Education Chris Messina-Boyer is included in a CQ Weekly piece about DC movers and shakers.
The New York Times‘ Education Life section on Sunday, January 22, 2012, featured Widmeyer research on American attitudes surrounding the Penn State controversy and college athletics. Click here to read the article by Laura Pappano, “How Big-Time Sports Ate College Life”. Highlights from the survey include:
83 percent blamed the “culture of big money” in college [...]
As part of our work with Lumina Foundation’s Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) – Models of Success Program, Widmeyer secured an op-ed placement for the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) in U.S. News & World Report. Dr. Kenneth Kitts, UNCP’s provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, discussed the role Native American students will [...]
With economic uncertainties in Europe, many U.S. experts are sharing thoughts on what actions can be taken by government leaders to strengthen, economically, the EU. Widmeyer secured a placement for Dr. Eleanor Zeff, an associate professor of politics and international relations at Drake University, in a CNN article that questions the effectiveness of the Euro [...]
Widmeyer secured a placement for Drake University in a U.S. News & World Report article that discussed whether a prospective law students’ social media profile should influence the admissions process. Drake law student, Caroline Bettis, noted that it makes sense for admissions officers to review online profiles and that “it’s not practical to say admissions [...]
