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DegreeSight News & Articles

What our team is learning about higher ed retention, student success, market trends, and the policy changes that reach your campus.

  • Conference

Learning Mobility Is the New Language of Transfer. Here Is What Changed at The Assembly.

AACRAO rebuilt its transfer conference around learning mobility and one metric: transfer time to decision. Jay Fedje and Michael Cronin unpack what the shift means, why dual credit volume is reshaping the registrar’s desk, and seven questions every enrollment leader should answer before claiming to be transfer friendly.
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  • Trends

The Workforce Is Here. The Skills Are Not. U.S. Labor Market Reskilling Dashboard

AI is rewriting what it means to be qualified. 6.9M openings vs 7.4M unemployed, yet 71–75% of industries can’t fill roles. The gap isn’t headcount; it’s skills. An interactive infographic from DegreeSight.
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  • Blog

The Real Cost of an Extra Year

One delayed year of college can cost a student about $420,000 by age 65. Here is where the money goes, and why time, not tuition, is the real cost.
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  • Podcast

Clearing the Path: Bringing Transparency to the College Transfer Journey

Transfer isn’t broken because students lack ambition, it’s broken because the system lacks clarity. Jaime Smith, author of The Complete Guide to College Transfer, on helping students navigate a journey that often feels like a maze.
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  • Ideas, Innovation, Optimization, Technology

Why the Transcript Evaluation Process Still Slows Down Enrollment

Transcript evaluation remains one of the biggest hidden bottlenecks in enrollment, delaying decisions, reducing application momentum, and quietly shrinking the pipeline. While institutions rely on legacy, manual processes built for a different era, today’s students expect speed and clarity. Modernizing this workflow, by moving evaluation earlier, aligning teams, and leveraging automation, is no longer operational improvement, but a strategic advantage.
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  • Podcast

Breakpoint Revisited: John McGee on the Forces Reshaping Higher Education

Higher education isn’t just evolving, it’s being reshaped in real time. In this episode of TransferTalk, John McGee revisits the ideas from Breakpoint and unpacks how shifting demographics, rising costs, and changing student expectations are redefining the college marketplace. As students and families move from a transformational mindset to a transactional one, institutions are being forced to answer a critical question: what truly makes you worth choosing?
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  • Ideas, Innovation

How Can I Stabilize a Transfer Pipeline?

Stabilizing a transfer pipeline requires more than short-term tactics, it demands a system. This article explores how enrollment leaders can capture hidden transfer demand, improve credit evaluation transparency, and align operations to turn unpredictable transfer interest into a consistent, reliable source of enrollment growth.
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  • Innovation, Technology

How Does DegreeSight Handle Transcript OCR for Universities?

Transcript OCR for universities is no longer just about scanning documents, it’s about turning academic records into actionable enrollment insights. In this article, we explore how DegreeSight’s templateless OCR combines AI-powered course matching, human validation, and CRM integration to deliver faster transcript evaluations and drive transfer enrollment growth.
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  • Innovation

How to Speed Up Transcript Reviews in Higher Education: A Practical Guide for Enrollment Leaders

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  • Podcast

Credit Transfer in 2026: Chaos, Culture, and the Coming Revolution

Paul Singh of Phi Theta Kappa shares national transfer insights—from dual-credit growth to credit transparency—and why students are demanding faster answers from colleges.
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  • Blog, Trends

Creating the Transfer Flywheel – How DegreeSight is Redefining Credit Mobility In Higher Ed

As higher education faces demographic pressure and shifting student expectations, transfer is becoming a strategic growth lever. DegreeSight 3.0 introduces a new enrollment infrastructure that connects credit transparency, AI-powered workflows, and admissions decisioning — rewriting how institutions compete for transfer and returning students.
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  • Podcast

The Future of Work Meets the Future of College: Are We Preparing Students for What’s Coming?

Higher education is at a crossroads. As industries evolve at record speed, traditional degree pathways are struggling to keep pace. In Episode 20 of TransferTalk, John McLoughlin of NYU’s School of Professional Studies shares how his team is reimagining college through modular learning, stackable credentials, and employer-embedded curriculum, proving that the future of work and the future of college can no longer operate on separate tracks.
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  • Conference

Making Mission Measurable: What the ACCU Conference Revealed About the Future of Higher Ed

At ACCU 2026, Catholic colleges showed how mission-driven leadership, data, and tech can align for enrollment success. The lessons go far beyond faith-based institutions.
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  • Conference

More Than Survival: What the CCCU International Forum Taught Us About the Next Era of Christian Higher Education

financial instability to shifting student expectations. Jay Fedje shares what made this year’s gathering different: a call for bold, strategic reinvention across campuses nationwide.
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  • Advice

Reviewed Pipelines and the Coming Enrollment Cliff

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