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What Makes a Good Homepage Design for Higher Ed?

In higher education, your website’s homepage is often the first point of contact between your institution and prospective students. It’s not just a digital landing page; it’s a gateway to the student experience, the starting point for their journey toward higher education. Crafting a homepage that resonates with your audience, sets the tone for your…

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WordPress 6.6: Features and Enhancements

WordPress 6.6 “Dorsey” has officially launched, bringing refinements and improvements to several features introduced in previous versions. It also adds exciting new capabilities, pushing WordPress further along in its phase 3 development journey. This release includes 299 Core Track tickets, 392 enhancements, 462 bug fixes, and 46 accessibility improvements for the Block Editor. Now you…

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Top 10 Higher Ed Website Design Trends and Tips in 2024

Over the past year, trust in higher education institutions has dropped significantly, with only 36% of American adults expressing “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in them. Factors like rising tuition costs, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and doubts about the value of a college education have all fueled this growing…

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Breaking Down an Atomic Design System

By now, you’ve likely come across the term “Atomic Design” while exploring how to initialize, build, or maintain your design system. If you’re new to this methodology, you’ve come to the right place. “Atomic Design,” introduced by Brad Frost in 2013, provides a systematic approach to crafting user interfaces by deconstructing designs into their basic…

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3 Essential Elements for a Higher Education Website

Having a checklist or a systematic and standardized approach to tasks, procedures, or processes should not be limited only to high-stakes professions like nursing, aviation, and surgery. Applying a framework for your higher education website and UX web strategy helps your student journey and has a direct impact on your enrollment, student retention, and reputation….

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Higher Education Web Design: Designing for Generation Z

In our user research at KWALL we frequently engage with prospective students and we have observed a recurring trend that sheds light on the challenges of designing for Generation Z and higher education web design. Born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s, Generation Z is the first generation to grow up entirely in the digital…

Responsive Design: Enrollment Rates and User Experience

In today’s dynamic digital landscape, responsive design has emerged as a catalyst for transforming user experiences across diverse industries. Whether it’s enrolling in a university program or ordering a pizza, responsive  web design plays a pivotal role in driving faster conversion rates and meeting user expectations.  Together, we will unravel its mysterious influence on soaring…

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Making Websites More Accessible for University Students

Universities must adapt and find innovative ways to capture the hearts and minds of nontraditional students. One hyperbole that comes to mind when discussing this issue is comparing navigating a traditional website as a nontraditional student. Finding one’s way through a dense jungle without any guidance or tools can be overwhelming. It is important to…

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Information Architecture and User-Centered Design

Information Architecture is the science that organizes and classifies digital information so site visitors can find and use it without frustration. At its core, it helps classify content in a clear and understandable way so that users can easily understand the relations between the content, finding information with less effort on your website navigation. Where…

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Transforming UX for higher ed, government, and enterprises

Custom Web Development and Design Experts for Universities For higher education institutions, we understand the unique challenges of engaging and retaining students in a rapidly changing digital landscape.  Challenges we excel at:  Content Management: Whether you need to migrate a massive 10,000-page website or update a decade’s worth of outdated content. We take pride in…

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