Higher Education

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Comprehensive solutions and actionable insights to tackle pressing Higher Education challenges.

Our insights help institutions strengthen their academic portfolio, maximize enrollment and retention, manage costs, improve brand perception, and engage alumni

Enrollment Management

Optimize your entire enrollment funnel from enhancing prospective student recruitment to maximizing applicants and matriculants.

Enrollment Management
Reports & Briefs

Drive Your Enrollment Strategy with Cross-Departmental Collaboration

With enrollments continuing their years-long decline, administrators must implement a cross-departmental approach in order to achieve enrollment targets. With varied contributors of enrollment decline,…

Academic Programming

Build a standout academic program portfolio based on student preference and employer demand.

Academic Programming

Student Success

Increase retention and maximize student engagement from start date to graduation.

Student Success
Reports & Briefs

5 Student Retention Strategies in Higher Education

With student enrollment declining at historic levels, higher education institutions continue to struggle with student retention. Now, between mounting financial pressures and increased competition,…

Operations & Finance

Comprehensive insights to run an efficient, financially sustainable institution.

Operations & Finance
Reports & Briefs

The 2022 State of Alumni Giving Report

When COVID-19 threw higher education into a tailspin in 2020, no one knew what the effects would be on alumni giving — especially given…

Advancement

Identify right-fit donors and maximize giving from your key stakeholders.

Advancement

Marketing

Understand your institution’s value proposition—and communicate it through messaging that resonates.

Marketing
Reports & Briefs

Higher Education Brand Health 101 Guide

To stand out from the competition, higher education marketing leaders know that articulating a distinctive college or university brand promise is imperative. To accomplish…

Grants

Targeted guidance to bolster the quality, volume, and success rates of your grant applications.

Higher Education Grants
Webinars

Grant Writing vs. Academic Writing

For many grant-seekers in higher education, developing competitive grant proposals requires a departure from the conventions of academic writing.   In this webinar, Hanover…

Higher Education Clients

Your dedicated advisor evaluates your challenges and develops a tailored action plan

We then harness the multi-methodological expertise of our 200+ analysts to provide you with comprehensive analysis of and recommendations for addressing your challenges.

Data Analysis

Sophisticated modelling to optimize the enrollment funnel, micro-target recruitment, and evaluate attrition risk.

Surveys

Gather feedback on campus climate, program preferences, enrollment factors, and more using best-in-class design and analysis.

Qualitative Research

Understand student, faculty, and staff thoughts, feelings, opinions, and perceptions with focus groups and in-depth interviews.

Strategic Advising

Leverage our advisory capabilities to build strategic plans and accelerate execution of strategic initiatives.

Benchmarking & Best Practices

Set standards with practitioner-sourced best practices spanning program offerings, pricing, marketing strategies, and more.

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Non-Federal Research Funding​

Federal funders often receive the most attention from faculty and principal investigators when it comes to grantseeking, but non-federal sources of funding are a
  • April 27, 2023 12:00 pm ET
  • Grants for Higher Ed Institutions, Higher Education
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Grant-seeker’s Guide to FY 2024 Budget Request

Each year federal agencies request funding from congress to support existing and new programs, including grant opportunities. In this session, Hanover examines key insights
  • May 25, 2023 12:00 pm ET
  • Grants for Higher Ed Institutions, Higher Education
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Grantseeking for Clinical Faculty​

Clinical research is a critical companion to bench research, applying science to populations to further advance health science research. In this session, Hanover examines
  • June 29, 2023 12:00 pm ET
  • Grants for Higher Ed Institutions, Higher Education
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Developing Great Proposal Aims and Objectives

How an idea evolves into great aims and objectives is a critical step in project design. In this session, Hanover delves into the topic
  • July 27, 2023 12:00 pm ET
  • Grants for Higher Ed Institutions, Higher Education
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Funding Landscape for Health Workforce Development​

In the aftermath of the COVID –19 pandemic, the need for a strong, diverse, and well-trained health workforce is paramount. As a result, many
  • August 31, 2023 12:00 pm ET
  • Grants for Higher Ed Institutions, Higher Education
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Managing Large Research Proposals​

Large multi-institutional, multi-PI proposals are becoming increasingly appealing as they provide opportunities for implementing large-scale research agendas. However, applying for these proposals can be
  • September 28, 2023 12:00 pm ET
  • Grants for Higher Ed Institutions, Higher Education
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Persuasive Strategies in Research Writing

Persuasive writing is a central characteristic of virtually all successful grant proposals. With a particular focus on research proposals, this webinar will review key
  • October 26, 2023 12:00 pm ET
  • Grants for Higher Ed Institutions, Higher Education
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Incorporating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility (DEIA) into Your Grant Proposal​

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) are high priorities for federal agencies, both in their internal management and in the grants they disburse. In
  • November 30, 2023 12:00 pm ET
  • Grants for Higher Ed Institutions, Higher Education
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Grant-seeker’s Guide to Training and Fellowships​

For many grant-seekers in the early stages of their research careers, myriad opportunities are available in the form of fellowships and training experiences. In
  • December 21, 2023 12:00 pm ET
  • Grants for Higher Ed Institutions, Higher Education
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Case Studies

Higher Education

Re-Envisioning ESL Programming from the Outside Looking in

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Webinars

Higher Education

The State of Individual Giving & What’s Next

How has COVID-19 impacted institutions’ giving programs—and how will this affect long-term individual giving?   To answer these questions, Hanover presents results from pre-…
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Reports & Briefs

Higher Education

Drive Your Enrollment Strategy with Cross-Departmental Collaboration

With enrollments continuing their years-long decline, administrators must implement a cross-departmental approach in order to achieve enrollment targets. With varied contributors of enrollment decline,…
Higher Education

Building the Graduates Employers Want to Hire

While hiring prospects look slightly better for this year’s college graduates, higher education institutions still need to stay ahead of hiring trends to best…
Higher Education

Turning the Tide on Student Retention

Higher education institutions, faced with declining enrollments and mounting financial pressures, are prioritizing retention and implementing targeted interventions to drive student success. With the…
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Higher Education

Inside Higher Ed: Half of Provosts Support Tenure Alternative

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