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7 Approaches to Social Media Engagement for Higher Education

It’s long been known that the social connections students make, especially in their first year, are critical to increasing retention rates. Social media is providing colleges and universities the opportunity to reach students to better understand their needs and enhance their educational experience.

7 Approaches to Social Media Engagement for Higher Education:

1. Give a Glimpse of Campus Life;

2. Spread the Good News;

3. Ask and Answer Questions;

4. Tell Stories about Student Success;

5. Reward Advocacy;

6. Foster Student-to-Student or Faculty-to-Faculty Discussion;

7. Help Students Make Connections.

thenextweb:

Zoomsphere, a site which provides statistics on major social networks including Twitter, Facebook and Google , has just revealed some interesting information and statistics on LinkedIn users. It’s not surprising to find that the US has the most registered users on LinkedIn, with well over 61 million to its name. India comes in a distant second with over 14 million registered users. The US and India are joined in the top 10 by the UK, Brazil, Canada, France, Netherlands, Italy, Australia and Spain. (via 43% of all LinkedIn Users are in the US, IBM Has the Most Followers)