The Higher Ed Marketer is centered around marketing professionals in the field of higher education. If you’re looking for real, practical advice on how to level up your marketing game, this is the show for you. Each episode features conversations with some of the best and brightest marketing minds in higher education, discussing the future of marketing, new technologies and so much more.
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June 9, 2026
Leading with Priorities, Prayer, and Mission Clarity
Faith Leaders Mini-Series - Episode 249 (1 of 4)In this special mini-series, Bart Caylor explores the intersection of faith and higher education through conversations with influential Christian university leaders from across the country. Recorded live at the 2026 CCCU International Forum, each episode highlights how faith-driven leadership is shaping the…
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June 2, 2026
A Summer Preview of the 2026 Faithful Leaders Series
One of The Higher Ed Marketer's most anticipated annual series is back. In this special summer preview, Zach Coffin shares what listeners can expect from the 2026 Faithful Leaders Series, recorded live at the CCCU International Forum in Dallas. This year's series explores leadership, institutional clarity, enrollment challenges, and the…
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April 21, 2026
Big Announcements about the Summer
Zach Coffin is excited to share some big news with you as The Higher Ed Marketer approaches its 250th episode! We celebrate our co-host Troy Singer and his transition into a new industry. Troy, you will be deeply missed and we are forever grateful for you. There are big plans for…
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March 21, 2023
Design Planning: Build a Framework Around Your School’s Identity
The compounding effects of the pandemic and the Great Resignation have left a lot of schools looking for answers. Design planning may be just the solution colleges and universities need to get a broad perspective of their marketing constraints in 2023 and beyond. That’s because, as Errol Wint, Founder of…
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March 14, 2023
Shaping Community: How Gen Z Students Are Leading the Way in DEI
DEI — diversity, equity, and inclusion — is top-of-mind across marketing channels, not just higher education. That’s because as Gen Z starts to leave school and filter into the workforce, they’re leading the charge of reshaping our culture through a lens of empathy. As Gabrielle Gambrell, adjunct professor at NYU…
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March 7, 2023
The Demographic Enrollment Cliff: Forecasting the Great Dropoff
The proof is in the data pudding: higher education is racing towards a demographic enrollment cliff over the next few decades. Be it due to ethnic, lifestyle, or regional indicators, hundreds of colleges and universities could be facing a long-term enrollment crisis. Tim Fuller, Founder of Fuller Higher Ed Solutions,…
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February 28, 2023
Audience-First Marketing: Understand How Students Discover Your School
Higher ed marketing teams often tout content as an asset, but does content that falls on deaf ears still make a sound? Without a consistent pipeline for their content, creators will suffer depreciating value in what is truly their most significant asset: their target audience. Kyle Campbell, Founder and Managing…
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February 21, 2023
An Audience of One: Make the Prospective Student the Hero of Their Story
As higher ed marketing teams look towards an unpredictable future injected with AI technology, one question is now on everyone’s mind: what qualifies as quality written content? Ann Handley, Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs and best-selling author of Everybody Writes, believes it’s writing that inspires your reader and makes them…
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February 14, 2023
Audience-Centric Content: Building Relationships Through Engagement
Higher ed marketers all know the struggle of reaching target audiences, but real audience-centric content is in the eye of the beholder. With so many digital mediums to choose from, how can schools know that their brand messaging is what their audience is looking for? Jerra Toms, Director of Marketing…
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February 7, 2023
Leveraging Students as Co-Creators for Your Social Media Content
We’re all still students of social media content creation, but some schools are bringing their A-game when generating content that speaks to Gen Z. Owen Knight, Director of Admission Engagement at Tulane University, shares how he and his team reach their target audience by leaning on their peers - current…
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January 31, 2023
Building a Story Vault: Empowering Storytellers in Your Marketing Process
Alumni and students have so many incredible authentic stories to tell about their colleges and universities. But higher ed marketing teams can sometimes get in their own way by curating those stories till they’re just another batch of overly processed advertisements. People want to hear about real experiences. But if…
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January 24, 2023
Leaning on Legacy: Blending History and Branding in Enrollment Marketing
How much should colleges and universities lean on legacy branding? Advancement departments undoubtedly love promoting the “glory days” to their school alums, but should legacy be a major factor in your enrollment marketing strategy? In the late 1970s, Indiana State University produced one of the most famous basketball players…
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January 17, 2023
Telling Over Selling: Discoverable Short-Form Video Content
Short-form video content has exploded on social media platforms over the last few years. Colleges and universities are scrambling to take advantage of these content marketing goldmines, but some are still missing the mark. But as Rob Clark, social media influencer and creator of That Tall Family, told us -…
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