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Evolve your enrollment recruiting strategy through technology, data science, analytics, and research.

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Now part of ACT®, NRCCUA® is a membership organization that has, for more than 45 years, been a leading provider of data, research, and programs that enhance college and university recruiting efforts.

Thought Leadership Webinars
Every Month…and Then Some
Want to find out what our latest research is revealing? How about the insights our principal analysts are uncovering for their research reports? Or what about an innovative approach another institution tried and is willing to share? Then don’t miss out on a single webinar. Click the link to see what’s coming up!
Encoura® Data Lab
Encoura® Data Lab is a data science and analytics technology platform that provides colleges and universities the information and capabilities required to create the data-enabled enrollment office of the future, today.
Eduventures® Research and Advisory Services
Eduventures’ research library provides industry insights year round, and blends institutional data to guide the latest enrollment and demographic trends and innovations in program planning and business model strategy.
Omnichannel Enrollment Services
Our Omnichannel Enrollment Services ensure that your enrollment campaigns are effective at identifying and engaging ideal prospective students.
Why Encoura Data Lab?
Easy to Use
Enjoy a user experience that is beautiful, simple, and highly intuitive.
Interactive
Unlike a static list, get dynamic information that lets you interact and dig in deeper.
Predictive
Identify your top prospects during search, not after, and enjoy up to eight times greater accuracy.
Data-Driven
Search, engage, and enroll students based on intelligent data and research that guide you along the entire journey.
Flexible
Get CRM-ready, deduplicated data in any format you need.
Comprehensive
Blow through data silos—access data from all sources in one place, including data from the nation’s largest college planning program.
Instant
Search for and find the information you need. Then get it with one click.
Evolutionary
Move past obstacles and uncertainty to become a more strategic organization.
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Two Skills-Based Learning Initiatives Worth Watching
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How Job Automation Influences Prospective Students
For years, think tanks, academics, and journalists have sounded the alarm about the transformation of the modern workforce through job automation and artificial intelligence (AI). The question posed has always been “when” rather than “if.” When will new technologies...
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The Noncredit Market Curse: Adventures in a Parallel Postsecondary Universe
“What is going on in the noncredit market?” This has always been one of our clients’ toughest questions. Noncredit courses and programs are seemingly always both part-of-the-furniture—gathering dust in some obscure corner of continuing education—and about to come out...
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