The Innovation Forge Podcast
The Innovation Forge Podcast
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Data, marketing, and strategy converge to shape the future of Higher Education through Adaptive Enrollment Management. Whether you’re an enrollment manager, an ed tech professional, or someone excited about shaping the future of higher education, this podcast is your new workshop for forward-thinking ideas.
We’ll be running two main types of episodes. First, From the Foundry, where I’ll read unabridged chapters from my book, The Innovation Forge. Think of it as your personal audiobook session—no subscription or separate download needed. In each reading, we’ll explore the principles of scoring systems, predictive modeling, and adaptive enrollment management, that can transform how institutions understand, recruit, and craft their incoming class.
In the second type of episode we’ll have interviews featuring innovative leaders and artisans in data, marketing, admissions, and even specialized platforms like Slate. These 'Visiting Artisans’ are the people actively reshaping traditional practices, and together we’ll hammer out insights you can bring back to your institution or organization. We’ll talk about real-world applications, success stories, and challenges, all while highlighting the practical strategies that spark true innovation.
Join me as we explore Adaptive Enrollment Management in The Innovation Forge Podcast.
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The podcast addresses key topics in higher education such as data analysis, marketing strategies, and enrollment techniques, emphasizing modern practices through examples like predictive modeling and real-world applications of platforms like Slate. Episodes include insightful explorations of scoring systems and feature narratives that highlight innovations in college admissions and student engagement, showcasing practical strategies for transformative change.
Data, marketing, and strategy converge to shape the future of Higher Education through Adaptive Enrollment Management. Whether you’re an enrollment manager, an ed tech professional, or someone excited about shaping the future of higher education, this podcast is your new workshop for forward-thinking ideas.
We’ll be running two main types of episodes. First, From the Foundry, where I’ll read unabridged chapters from my book, The Innovation Forge. Think of it as your personal audiobook session—no subscription or separate download needed. In each reading, we’ll explore the principles of scoring systems, predictive modeling, and adaptive enrollment management, that can transform how institutions understand, recruit, and craft their incoming class.
In the second type of episode we’ll have interviews featuring innovative leaders and artisans in data, marketing, admissions, and even specialized platforms like Slate. These ‘Visiting Artisans’ are the people actively reshaping traditional practices, and together we’ll hammer out insights you can bring back to your institution or organization. We’ll talk about real-world applications, success stories, and challenges, all while highlighting the practical strategies that spark true innovation.
Join me as we explore Adaptive Enrollment Management in The Innovation Forge Podcast.
The Weekly Bellows: Nine Applications ApartOctober 7, 2026Two reports. Nine applications apart. Twenty minutes until the meeting.At the fictional CRM State, Mara and Ben discover that a student’s perfectly ordinary weekend upload can change a count without changing an old report. Their morning opens a practical conversation about ACTS reporting, adult-learner handoffs, student-loan default measures and the access reviews that keep aid operations moving.This edition follows the people behind the status changes: what a number actually measures, what a student sees next, and who can answer the question that remains open. It also includes a small recruitment-message test prompted by an EAB email.CRM State and its characters are fictional. The research and federal notices are real. Local exercises are editorial suggestions, with important limitations retained in the episode and written edition. Research through October 5, 2026.Sources1. Urban Institute and Association for Institutional Research: Learning from the Initial ACTS Reporting: Documenting Practitioner Experiences and Recommendations for Future Reportinghttps://www.urban.org/research/publication/learning-initial-acts-reporting2. Association for Institutional Research: New AIR and Urban Institute Report Documents IR/IE Professionals’ Experiences with the First ACTS Collectionhttps://www.airweb.org/article/2026/09/30/new-air-and-urban-institute-report-documents-ir-ie-professionals-experiences3. U.S. Department of Education: Dual Enrollment for Adults: A Toolkit to Support the Use of Ability to Benefit in America’s Collegeshttps://s3.amazonaws.com/PCRN/docs/DEAL_ATB_Toolkit-September2026-508.pdf4. EAB: We Tested Recruitment Emails with AI. Here’s What We Learned.https://eab.com/resources/blog/enrollment-blog/ai-inboxes-next-test-enrollment-marketing-strategy/5. U.S. Department of Education: FY 2023 Official National Student Loan Cohort Default Rate Briefinghttps://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/electronic-announcements/2026-09-30/fy-2023-official-national-student-loan-cohort-default-rate-briefing6. U.S. Department of Education: Distribution of FY 2023 Official Cohort Default Rates and Appeal Timelinehttps://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/electronic-announcements/2026-09-29/distribution-fy-2023-official-cohort-default-rates-and-appeal-timeline7. U.S. Department of Education: Active Confirmation Required by Dec. 31, 2026, to Maintain Access to FSA Systemshttps://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/electronic-announcements/2026-10-02/active-confirmation-required-dec-31-2026-maintain-access-fsa-systems
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