On February 24, 2025, Florida Governor, Ron Desantis, issued an executive order establishing a Florida version of the DOGE task force. As this is the first DOGE initiative specifically focused on education institutions, and because Mutara works closely with several institutions that fall under it's purview, I thought I'd provide my analysis.
On Inauguration Day, Donald Trump signed an executive order titled "Protecting the meaning and value of American Citizenship." This executive order focused on the issue of the meaning of birthright citizenship as described in the 14th Amendment. In the future, complying with this policy would have significant impact on the processes of admitting all students at higher education institutions.
Welcome to 2025! It's a new year with a new administration coming in the next few weeks. The past several years have seen a dramatic series of changes (and challenges) in the higher education industry. Here are our 5 predictions for the coming year.
The latest report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reveals that the recent shifts in higher education enrollment patterns are here to stay, and even accelerating. These trends underscore the urgent need for colleges and universities to adapt their strategies to better serve nontraditional students and expand their offerings beyond traditional degree programs.
Most enrollment leaders struggle with labor-intensive and error-prone qualification processes. As the final installment of our residency and qualifications series, we will go into more detail on how our solution addresses these needs.
Determining residency is often the most intensive area where students need to be qualified. In this article, we will discuss the specifics by which institutions must evaluate and prove in-state residency; and how this drives up admissions processing effort.
In our first article in this series, we described how central the qualification process is to an institutions’ ability to meet enrollment, productivity, and responsiveness goals. We then provided an overview the general process and approaches. In this article, we will discuss the systems involved in this process and how they may be limiting an institution’s success in this area.
In our first article in this series, we described how central the qualification process is to an institutions’ ability to meet enrollment, productivity, and responsiveness goals. In this article, we will describe the key steps involved in this process as well as the overall approaches institutions take as they tackle this.
Over 80% of the processing effort for non-selective admissions is related to verifying and qualifying candidates. This adds complexity to the admissions process for candidates, ties up admissions resources, and creates delays in the admissions / intake process.
Preventing fraud is a significant challenge for most higher education institutions. In order for a bad actor to attempt student-related fraud, he/she must enter through the admissions process. In this article, we will discuss the impact of fraud, the costs, and how good (or bad) processes can affect an institution's success in this area.