ERIC Number: ED270000
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 80
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-0-89964-242-X
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Institutional Image: How to Define, Improve, Market It.
Topor, Robert S.
Advice for colleges on how to identify, develop, and communicate a positive image for the institution is offered in this handbook. The use of market research techniques to measure image is discussed along with advice on how to improve an image so that it contributes to a unified marketing plan. The first objective is to create and communicate some positive common image ideas appropriate to all audiences, as well discrete images for different target audiences, including: current and prospective students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, the media, the community, legislators, and donors. The four ingredients of image building are covered: research, recognition, repetition, and recollection. Also considered are: who should be involved in building an image, positioning an institution among its competition, and implementing a marketing plan? Suggestions to successfully market the institution include: understanding the image evoked by the school's name, and clarifying the hierarchical structure of the school and how each subunit can maintain separate identify while contributing to the parent institution's identity. The college needs to determine whether current staff or outside sources should be engaged to build institutional image. Another factor is building image around the comparative differential advantage of the institution. A glossary and bibliography are included. (SW)
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Environment, Guidelines, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement, Institutional Research, Marketing, Public Opinion, Public Relations, Publicity, Reputation, School Community Relationship, Surveys
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Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators; Policymakers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Washington, DC.
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