We're pleased to announce an exciting product upgrade. For English, baby! clients who use Prospector,™ our prospective student database, all leads generated from Study in the USA and/or usjournal.com, LLC can now automatically be imported directly into the system. This enables Prospector™ users to better consolidate their leads and use the batch email system to proactively follow up through marketing emails. In addition, it will be much easier to track where leads are coming from, as well as their respective conversion rates.

As our industry becomes more competitive and you look for innovative solutions for your program, English, baby! will always do its best to make the most effective marketing strategies available to you.

December Survey Results: Enrollment Predictions
Last month we asked readers what their predictions were for enrollment this term. A whopping 72% predicted that they'd see some kind of increase. Programs are definitely feeling more confident, which is a very good sign that numbers are on the rise.

Happy recruiting!
John Hayden, President, English, baby!

Actual Survey Results:

What are your predictions for enrollment next term compared to last year at the same time?

  • 37% Significant Increase
  • 37% Slight Increase
  • 25% Slight Decrease

January Survey:
Which of the following variables do you think has the greatest effect on your enrollment?
  • marketing strategy
  • government policy
  • program quality


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Quicker visa process boon for international students
The Herald-Sun Washington Bureau
Jan 7, 2005

WASHINGTON -- With a visa process that federal officials say is quicker and less arduous, the number of international students enrolled at North Carolina universities is on the rise, part of the first national upswing in foreign students since 9/11.
www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-563140.html

Foreign student numbers rising in U.S.
The Capital Times/Medill News Service
January 8, 2005

WASHINGTON - The American welcome mat is still out for international students, and for the first time since 9/11 the number of students taking advantage of it has gone up.
www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/
index.php?ntid=23842&ntpid=1

Grad School to pay government fee for international students
Princetonian
January 5, 2005

The University's Graduate School will reimburse incoming graduate students for the new federal $100 SEVIS fee, Graduate School Dean William Russel announced last month.
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/
2005/01/05/news/11743.shtml

U of A admin calls tuition hike a necessity
The Gateway
January 18, 2005

"We're not ever happy to see tuition increase, [but] it's a regrettable, necessary part of managing our budget," Amrhein explained.
http://www.gateway.ualberta.ca/view.php?aid=3746