myFootpath Partners with Regis University
Chicago, Illinois – 2/18/2025 - myFootpath, a leading higher education service provider for over 20+ years, has announced a new partnership with Regis University, a private Jesuit Catholic university located in Denver, Colorado and founded in 1877. This partnership shares a common mission to transform lives by reengaging and graduating nontraditional students who may have stumbled along the path to degree completion. In this partnership, myFootpath will bring in-depth student data analysis, innovative technology solutions and dedicated one-on-one student coaching to Regis University.
Today’s announcement underscores the significant demand of institutions looking for better solutions to reduce the number of stop-out students. According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, some college, no credential (SCNC) population has reached 40.4 million, up 1.4 million from 39.0 million in the previous year. "At myFootpath, we believe every student deserves the opportunity to complete their degree, no matter the obstacles they’ve faced,” said JT Allen, CEO & Founder of myFootpath. “Regis University shares this commitment to student success, and we are excited to partner with them to provide the data-driven insights, personalized coaching, and strategic enrollment and student success support needed to help students return, persist, and graduate."
Since 2000, myFootpath has been supporting institutions by developing a unique, comprehensive approach on identifying, coaching, and guiding adult students from first reengagement contact through graduation. myFootpath company core values of being resourceful, transparent, and authentic to not only their partners but their students are core to their successful track record.
"Regis University has a long history of supporting adult learners, and this partnership with myFootpath strengthens our ability to reengage students who have paused their education,” said Provost, Jake Bucher, Ph.D, “By combining myFootpath’s proven reengagement strategies with our dedication to student success, we look forward to welcoming back our previous students and helping them achieve their academic and career goals."
About myFootpath
myFootpath provides marketing, enrollment, and retention services to college and university clients. With a focus on and a passion for adult students looking to complete their degrees, myFootpath has tackled every aspect of the student enrollment funnel. By prioritizing rigorous data analysis, myFootpath extracts invaluable insights to guide the allocation of effort within institutions. This strategic approach ensures targeted and impactful interventions, maximizing enrollment outcomes, and bolstering overall student success. To date, myFootpath has collectively reached, encouraged, and helped enroll over 28,000 adult students in partnership with higher education clients.
About Regis University
Established in 1877, Regis University is a premier, globally engaged institution of higher learning in the Jesuit tradition that prepares leaders to live productive lives of faith, meaning and service. Regis University, one of 27 Jesuit universities in the nation, has two campus locations in the Denver metro area and extensive online program offerings with more than 6,000 enrolled students. It is a federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution. For more information, visit www.regis.edu.
From Stop-out to Dean’s List: Jennifer’s Return to College
Going back to school can be a daunting decision for many, especially when life presents unexpected challenges. For Jennifer, the journey to complete her bachelor’s degree was not only about academic achievement, but also about overcoming personal hurdles and making the most of opportunities that arose along the way.
The Decision to Return to School
Jennifer's motivation to return to school stemmed from a deep desire to finish what she had started. After facing financial barriers, she almost gave up on her dream of earning a degree. But just when things seemed uncertain, a turning point came when she received a phone call from a Graduation Specialist at myFootpath.
With guidance and support, Jennifer was able to obtain her transcripts from her previous school, get set up with the right program, and quickly and easily enroll.
A Journey of Resilience
Jennifer’s story is about more than just academic success—it's about perseverance in the face of adversity. Along with balancing her schoolwork, she faced personal challenges, including a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Despite dealing with this diagnosis along with mental health challenges, Jennifer remained determined to keep her education a priority. She discovered that even with everything going on in her life, maintaining a high GPA was possible.
In fact, Jennifer’s resilience paid off in a big way: not only did she find herself on the Dean’s List, but she also earned a scholarship for her hard work. The scholarship was a huge milestone, and her response was a mixture of disbelief and gratitude. For Jennifer, this was a testament to her unwavering belief that her hard work would eventually pay off.
Time Management and Balancing Life
Balancing school, motherhood, and personal challenges has been a key focus for Jennifer. Her time management strategy revolves around making the most of the moments when she has a break—whether it’s during her child’s nap or when her family can help out. She’s learned to adapt to her life circumstances and remain flexible with her study routine.
Jennifer is quick to point out that while juggling everything can be tough, it’s all about making education a priority. She advocates for breaking down tasks into manageable steps and avoiding dwelling on challenges, instead using them as motivation to push forward. Her advice is simple: find balance and stay focused on your goals.
Her mantra? “If you can believe it, you will achieve it.” This mindset has been the driving force behind her accomplishments, both in education and in life.
myFootpath Partners with Felician University
Chicago, Illinois – 2/5/2025 - myFootpath, a leading higher education service provider for over 20+ years, has announced a new partnership with Felician University, a private university located in Rutherford, New Jersey. This partnership shares a common mission to transform lives by reengaging and graduating nontraditional students who may have stumbled along the path to degree completion. In this partnership, myFootpath will bring in-depth student data analysis, innovative technology solutions and dedicated one-on-one coaching to Felician University.
Today’s announcement underscores the significant demand of institutions looking for better solutions to reduce the number of stop-out students. According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, some college, no credential (SCNC) population has reached 40.4 million, up 1.4 million from 39.0 million in the previous year. “We have seen an unprecedented demand for myFootpath’s flexible reengagement service model over the past few years,” said JT Allen, CEO & Founder of myFootpath. “The adult learner population requires a certain level of concierge support that many institutions need additional resources and provisions to enable. We have come up with affordable solutions for institutions that not only help bring students back but also lower overall student acquisitions costs.”
Since 2000, myFootpath has been supporting institutions by developing a unique, comprehensive approach on identifying, coaching, and guiding adult students from first reengagement contact through graduation. myFootpath company core values of being resourceful, transparent, and authentic to not only their partners but their students is core to their successful track record.
“We are excited about our new partnership with myFootpath to reengage adult learners and support their journey coming back to Felician University and graduating,” said Priscilla Klymenko, Vice President of Enrollment Management, Marketing, and Communications “We look forward to welcoming back students and providing additional resources and support that they deserve.”
About myFootpath
myFootpath provides marketing, enrollment, and retention services to college and university clients. With a focus on and a passion for adult students looking to complete their degrees, myFootpath has tackled every aspect of the student enrollment funnel. By prioritizing rigorous data analysis, myFootpath extracts invaluable insights to guide the allocation of effort within institutions. This strategic approach ensures targeted and impactful interventions, maximizing enrollment outcomes, and bolstering overall student success. To date, myFootpath has collectively reached, encouraged, and helped enroll over 28,000 adult students in partnership with higher education clients.
About Felician University
Felician University, with campuses in Rutherford and Lodi, New Jersey, is a private catholic university that has a student body of over 2,100 undergraduate, graduate, and adult education students, and a wide range of programs through its Schools of Arts & Sciences, Business & Information Sciences, Nursing, and Education.
Felician University's commitment to student success is reflected in its rankings and recognitions. For the past five years, the university has consistently ranked third among private institutions in New Jersey for best value, according to Payscale.com. Additionally, Niche.com has recognized Felician as the #1 Safest College Campus in New Jersey. The university’s Master of Science in Nursing program has been ranked among the nation’s best online graduate nursing programs by U.S. News & World Report.
A strong advocate for military-affiliated students, Felician University has been designated a Military Friendly School (Gold Status) for the thirteenth consecutive year. The university is also recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and Minority-Serving Institution (MSI), with more than half of its student population coming from underrepresented backgrounds.
From Housing Insecurity to Graduation: Teresa’s Inspiring Journey
Teresa’s path to earning her degree has been anything but conventional, and her story is a powerful testament to perseverance, self-worth, and community support.
When Teresa first started her college journey, she was facing significant challenges, including housing insecurity. Armed with just a Chromebook and determination, she completed her assignments by hopping between public Wi-Fi hotspots. Despite the hurdles, she never let her circumstances define her.
One of the driving forces behind Teresa’s decision to return to school was her commitment to helping others. A person in long-term recovery, she felt a calling to support individuals overcoming addiction. This passion led her to pursue a career in human services with the goal of becoming a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW).
Throughout her academic journey, Teresa found immense value in the support of myFootpath. Our team of Graduation Specialists provided her with encouragement, resources, and the confidence she needed to believe in herself.
"It felt like someone was always in my corner rooting for me," she shared.
Now, with just four classes left, Teresa is preparing to graduate. She recently received her graduation pass and is weighing the logistics of attending the ceremony—a celebration of not just academic achievement but also personal triumph.
Teresa’s advice to others considering going back to school is simple yet profound:
- Believe in yourself and your ability to overcome challenges.
- Stay organized and proactive with your time management.
- Remember past successes as proof of your capability to tackle new obstacles.
- Accept the support that comes your way
Her story is a reminder that no matter your circumstances, education can be a transformative experience that empowers you to achieve your dreams. As Teresa says, “If I can do it, you can do it too.”
Rewriting Her Future: Tasha’s Road Back to School
Returning to school as an adult is no small feat. It requires courage, resilience, and a belief in the power of education. Tasha, a current Bachelor's student, embodies all these qualities. Her journey from overcoming personal challenges to achieving her academic goals serves as an inspiration for anyone considering a return to school later in life.
Overcoming Early Challenges
Tasha’s educational journey was marked by sacrifices from the start. As a teenager, she dropped out of high school to care for her premature baby brother. But she never lost sight of her goals. When she was able to get back into class, she walked miles each day to earn her high school diploma and celebrated her achievement on her 18th birthday, calling it the best gift she ever gave herself.
This milestone set the tone for Tasha’s lifelong love for learning. She explored various career paths, including cosmetology and pharmacy school, always seeking to better herself despite life’s unpredictability.
Building a Support System
Tasha’s determination to become a forensic anthropologist led her to our Graduation Specialists who were able to connect her with the resources she needed to succeed. The support she received, from encouragement to practical guidance, became a game-changer.
Having an official support system gave me the confidence to be more independent and achieve what I once thought was out of reach," Tasha shared
Through this program, she completed her associate degree and transitioned seamlessly into her bachelor’s program. By transferring credits, she saved both time and money, reinforcing her decision to return to school.
Facing and Conquering Challenges
Tasha’s journey was not without its trials. During her associate degree program, she underwent major abdominal surgery and endured a lengthy recovery period. Despite these obstacles, she stayed committed to her studies.
“Schooling kept me motivated and gave me the structure I needed to align all aspects of my life,” she said.
Now excelling in her bachelor’s program with an impressive GPA, Tasha’s disciplined approach to her education is paving the way for her future success.
Lessons Learned and Words of Encouragement
Tasha’s story highlights the power of perseverance and the importance of having a strong support network. Her advice for others considering a return to school is clear:
- Set Non-Negotiables: Define your priorities and stay disciplined.
- Use Available Resources: Don’t hesitate to seek out and use the resources available to you.
- Stay Focused: Keep your goals in sight and take it one step at a time.
For universities, Tasha’s journey underscores the importance of providing outreach and support for adult learners. Institutions that foster a sense of community and offer personalized guidance can empower students to overcome obstacles and succeed.
A Story of Transformation
Tasha’s determination, coupled with the right support, enabled her to overcome significant challenges and pursue her dreams.
Her story is a powerful reminder that it’s never too late to invest in yourself, embrace new opportunities, and rewrite your future.
The Vital Role of Continuing and Online Education in Higher Ed
Presently, continuing and online learning has never been more crucial in higher education and professional settings. The demands of the current and future workforce, coupled with an increasingly digital economy, create a strong nexus with higher education. Additionally, declining state funding and significant enrollment drops due to demographic shifts, lingering Covid impacts, and growing skepticism of the value of a college degree highlight the urgent need for new revenue sources to ensure the viability of most colleges and universities– many of which lack robust endowments to help buffer these losses.
Opportunities for Engagement and Revenue
Despite these challenges, opportunities exist to engage and re-enroll adult learners and stopped-out students. Continuing and online education units are uniquely positioned to generate new enrollments and critical revenue streams. Their extensive outreach in the private sector and local communities plays a significant role in alumni engagement and institutional growth. As these units continue to gain importance, they are expected to achieve greater equality with other campus units, driving both enrollment and revenue.
Building Strong Relationships
To successfully navigate the pressures on traditional university and college enrollments, strong relationships between traditional enrollment departments and continuing education units are essential. Continuing education units have a long history of serving non-traditional learners who face barriers to full-time education, such as family obligations, work commitments, and financial constraints. Without a strong alliance with these units, enrollment departments risk further challenges. Proper collaboration can unlock opportunities for co-marketing programs, targeted recruiting events, and leveraging resources to attract new learners and reengage stopped-out students.
Adapting and Innovating
Continuing education units have consistently excelled, even with limited resources and suboptimal institutional support. Recent enrollment headwinds and state funding declines have, in many cases, bolstered continuing education units and forced university leadership to focus resources and tap into the entrepreneurial nature of these units. Moreover, the market has driven the continuing education space to develop and promote more unique and creative offerings to different audiences, and expand their reach through partnerships with local businesses, active duty military, veterans, and community organizations.
Leveraging Unique Strengths
These units are uniquely positioned to address the enrollment, access, and affordability challenges faced by higher education. This is an ideal time for colleges and universities to leverage continuing education units, breaking down silos and fostering collaboration across their campuses. Listening to the needs of diverse audiences, being nimble, market-driven, and maintaining a strong entrepreneurial culture are key to meeting the needs of non-traditional learners. These units can quickly develop, market, and manage non-credit certificates, trainings, and events, adapting to the evolving needs of their audiences.
Looking ahead
Moving forward, as demographic impacts reduce traditional undergraduate enrollments, institutions must adapt to reach more diverse and nontraditional student populations who cannot attend full-time in-person. University leadership will need to foster stronger collaborations, develop integrated and targeted marketing strategies, and provide flexible online learning modalities. Policies and resources must be refined to minimize duplicate functions and adjust business models to accommodate the shift towards nontraditional enrollments. Furthermore, the meteoric rise of artificial intelligence offers new opportunities for innovation, complementing current tools like chatbots and predictive analytics in student enrollment strategies. Although many headwinds exist, the future holds bright prospects for continuing and online education units, as they continue to play a vital role in shaping the future of higher education.
Written by: Michael Huffman, Ph.D.
It Takes New Enrollment Efforts To Get Results Today
It Takes New Enrollment Efforts To Get Results Today
Maybe there have been times as tumultuous as these, however, I do not remember them. We had real estate and economic crises a while ago. They negatively affected higher education enrollment, yet today’s publicly expressed anti-university sentiment seems new to me. It is true that some institutions cost more than a mortgage in a nice area, and that some do not see more than half of their incoming students graduate within six years. I am going to chalk that up to poor management. However, with anecdotal evidence of having been an enrollment management leader for several decades, I will posit, based upon recent conversations, that most institutions really do care. And that many are trying really hard to find their north star. From what I have heard over the last year, there are a few challenges facing us – you’ll not be surprised.- We thought we’d be immune to the demographic cliff (we just need to work harder)
- Our student success efforts have limited impact (we can’t afford to scale them)
- The 6-year grad rates we have will go unnoticed (we have support systems in-place, it’s not us, it’s them)
Enrollment Challenges: An Urgent Call to Action
Let’s forget about the top-tier and flag-ships for a moment as they are not struggling as much as the rest of us today. We strive to offer something regionally or distinctively special, yet our traditional pool of candidates have so many options. 100+ academic majors, 200+ clubs, this and that, makes a lot of noise to prospects. At the end of the day the families ask the students - will you get a good job, will you be safe and will you have a network? We know that we must bring in a certain number of students and retain them to financially support the institution. Now, more potential students are choosing to forego higher education and there is about to be a significant shift in high school graduates. The answer is to begin recruiting those students whom we admitted yet who never finished. There are over 40 million adults with some college credit and no degree. There is no shortage of a pool here. There are enough potential readmits of our own stop-outs, who are already familiar with us and may retain an affinity.Supporting Non-Traditional Students
How did we get to a place where the average rate of completion is 60% and that is acceptable? Well, I think it is because there was no shortage of traditional new students to keep enrollment numbers at a prescribed level. Many of us do not have strong retention initiatives in place and have been expanding clubs and student activities in an effort to keep the students engaged and enrolled. Today, we need to focus upon our different types of students. Let’s look at our commuters and non-traditional students. They may prefer a quick convenient bite over an all you can eat dining plan. They may value parking near their classes over tickets to a game. They may also desire to conduct transactions outside of traditional business hours and to be able to take classes in-person as well as remotely. It is important that we get to know how resilient our students are and to support those who most need it.A Collaborative Solution
A few years ago I began serving as an advisor to myFootpath. My role was to provide feedback on a service designed to re-enroll stop-outs. I found great value in their work for a number of reasons. As an enrollment manager, my admissions teams were focused upon filling seats with freshmen and transfers. We did not have the luxury of increasing staff to meet future students while they were in ninth grade, nor to hunt down the many thousands of folk who left before graduating. Half of the current student contact information was bad and there was no way we would be able to clean-up contact data of those who had already left. Another reason was that a large fraction of those who left prior to graduating were from marginalized populations. If we believe education brings about equity, that means we need to improve both the access as well as the completion of studies. Finally, when institutions are able to recapture tuition revenue, those funds can be allocated in ways to best support students.Celebrating Success: Over 27,000 Lives Changed and Counting
Today, I continue to serve as a senior advisor to myFootpath. We have incorporated additional measures to support students including a non-cognitive assessment that indicates who is more or less likely to persevere in the face of adversity, and returning to college can certainly be scary. Not only do we provide additional support to low-scoring students, but we also provide personal development workshops for them to be able to better manage areas where needed. Over 27,000 students have returned to their native institutions through myFootpath. That means over 27,000 lives have been changed for the better. It takes new enrollment efforts to get results today. Written by: Luke Schultheis, Ph.D.
Military Students: Tailoring Academic Support for Success
Military Students: Tailoring Academic
Support for Success

As educational institutions are considering the resources and associated costs for supporting adult students, they should also be considering the needs of specialized segments of the adult student market, such as military students. Military students, both active-duty service members and veterans, face unique challenges that go beyond those mentioned for adult learners in general.
Here are some additional support needs specific to this population:
Personal
Career Development
By addressing the specific needs and challenges of military students, universities can foster a more welcoming and inclusive environment, promoting their academic success and well-being. This commitment to tailored support not only aids in their transition but also contributes to their overall success, enriching the academic community as a whole.
Written by: Dr. Sarah Steinberg

Practical Steps To Address and Prevent Stop-outs
When looking at your own institution, where do you start? Here are some action items that you can do at home. Need help working through some of these? Contact us.