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The Adult Learner Reskilling Wave Is Making the Continuing Education Dean the Most Actively Purchasing Contact in Higher Education and Most College Mailing Lists Have Never Reached Them

The Adult Learner Reskilling Wave Is Making the Continuing Education Dean the Most Actively Purchasing Contact in Higher Education and Most College Mailing Lists Have Never Reached Them

Workforce Pell and the adult learner reskilling wave are making the Continuing Education Dean a primary buyer invisible to most college mailing lists and university email lists.

05/07/2026
The International Student Collapse Is Creating a Domestic Enrollment Arms Race Nobody Is Winning — and the Vendors Selling to the Wrong Contacts Are Missing the Emergency Purchasing Wave

The International Student Collapse Is Creating a Domestic Enrollment Arms Race Nobody Is Winning — and the Vendors Selling to the Wrong Contacts Are Missing the Emergency Purchasing Wave

NAFSA projects 150,000 fewer international students in 2025-26. The emergency domestic pivot is driven by contacts most college mailing lists have never included.

05/05/2026
Community Colleges Are Buying Fast in 2026. Most College Mailing Lists Are Pointed at the Wrong People.

Community Colleges Are Buying Fast in 2026. Most College Mailing Lists Are Pointed at the Wrong People.

Community colleges are the most active buyers in higher education right now. Most college mailing lists miss the contacts controlling the budget. Here is who they are.

04/30/2026
The Skills-Based Hiring Revolution Is Disrupting the Degree-to-Job Pipeline — and the Higher Education Vendors Who Miss This Shift Are Pitching the Wrong Institutions

The Skills-Based Hiring Revolution Is Disrupting the Degree-to-Job Pipeline — and the Higher Education Vendors Who Miss This Shift Are Pitching the Wrong Institutions

Skills-based hiring now dominates 70% of employer recruitment in 2026. Find out how the degree-to-job pipeline shift is reshaping higher education vendor conversations and why most college mailing lists miss the right contacts.

04/26/2026
Direct Admission Is Quietly Rewriting College Access — And the Colleges Missing It Are Recruiting From the Wrong List

Direct Admission Is Quietly Rewriting College Access — And the Colleges Missing It Are Recruiting From the Wrong List

Colleges are sending admission offers before students even apply. Direct admission is reshaping who reaches higher education — and which institutions find them first.

04/17/2026
The Higher Ed Consolidation Wave Is Rewriting University Org Charts Overnight — and Your College Contact Database Cannot Keep Up Without Real-Time Data

The Higher Ed Consolidation Wave Is Rewriting University Org Charts Overnight — and Your College Contact Database Cannot Keep Up Without Real-Time Data

University mergers and closures in 2026 are rewriting higher ed org charts overnight, making legacy college email lists and administrator contact databases instantly obsolete for vendor outreach.

04/14/2026
The Death of the College Major: How Skills-Based Hiring Is Dismantling Higher Education Core Product — and Creating a New Class of Decision-Maker Vendors Must Reach

The Death of the College Major: How Skills-Based Hiring Is Dismantling Higher Education Core Product — and Creating a New Class of Decision-Maker Vendors Must Reach

Employers across every major sector have dropped degree requirements in favor of skills-based hiring. The fallout inside higher education is structural — creating new administrative roles and fundamentally reshaping who controls purchasing decisions on campus.

04/10/2026
Universities Are Cutting Programs and Rebuilding Around Workforce Outcomes — and the Vendor Contacts Who Control These Decisions Are Not in Your College Email Lists

Universities Are Cutting Programs and Rebuilding Around Workforce Outcomes — and the Vendor Contacts Who Control These Decisions Are Not in Your College Email Lists

Universities are restructuring around workforce outcomes in 2026, creating new decision-maker roles that legacy college email lists and university contact databases do not contain. Here is what that means for vendor outreach.

04/06/2026
The Enrollment Crisis Is Forcing Universities to Rebuild Their Martech Stacks — and the Vendors Missing These Decisions Are Working From the Wrong Contact List

The Enrollment Crisis Is Forcing Universities to Rebuild Their Martech Stacks — and the Vendors Missing These Decisions Are Working From the Wrong Contact List

The enrollment crisis is forcing universities to rebuild their martech stacks in 2026. Discover why legacy college email lists miss the new decision-makers driving these investments.

04/03/2026
Targeting Higher Education Is Probably Reaching the Wrong Person

Targeting Higher Education Is Probably Reaching the Wrong Person

Most B2B outreach targeting universities misses the actual decision-maker. Here is why college email lists fail — and what higher education marketing data should look like instead.

03/30/2026
How Higher Education Data Is Transforming University Outreach, Enrollment Marketing, and Institutional Growth

How Higher Education Data Is Transforming University Outreach, Enrollment Marketing, and Institutional Growth

Higher education data is transforming university outreach and enrollment marketing by enabling precise targeting of decision-makers, improving engagement, and driving institutional growth strategies.

03/26/2026
Why Universities Are Quietly Rebuilding Themselves Around Workforce Alignment

Why Universities Are Quietly Rebuilding Themselves Around Workforce Alignment

Universities are reshaping programs around workforce outcomes. Career alignment, employer partnerships, and skills-based education are redefining how higher education institutions operate and evolve.

03/13/2026