How Small Colleges Can Stop Summer Melt Before It Starts
TL;DR: Summer melt — when students who’ve been admitted and even deposited never show up in the fall — quietly erases a slice of every small college’s incoming class. The most effective summer melt prevention treats it as a communication and logistics problem, not a motivation problem. Research puts melt anywhere from 10% to 40% […]
5 Things Small Colleges Must Know After the Ellucian-Anthology Deal
The 30-second version: On December 31, 2025, more than 260 colleges got a new software vendor without signing anything — the result of Anthology’s bankruptcy and Ellucian’s acquisition of its SIS and ERP business. If your institution is one of them, the worst move is a reflexive migration into another enterprise stack. Here are five […]
5 Things Small Colleges Must Know After the Ellucian-Anthology Deal
The 30-second version: On December 31, 2025, more than 260 colleges got a new software vendor without signing anything — the result of Anthology’s bankruptcy and Ellucian’s acquisition of its SIS and ERP business. If your institution is one of them, the worst move is a reflexive migration into another enterprise stack. Here are five […]