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Your marketing team knows AI is the new jackpot. What hinders its growth? (University Business)

July 17, 2024

Many higher education marketing and enrollment management teams are on board with integrating AI into their everyday job functions, but timid leadership and a lack of resources are inhibiting widespread adoption and experimentation, a new report from UPCEA and EducationDynamics declares.

The organizations surveyed over 120 professionals, finding respondents were optimistic about integrating emerging technologies, with 80% citing it would improve the marketing-to-enrollment pipeline and 62% believing it would personalize the student learning experience.

“From pedagogical questions on AI’s impact on student learning to improving business processes, AI is at the center of many campus conversations,” the report reads. “Perhaps no area on campus is more impacted by AI than student marketing and the student recruitment process.”

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