College and University

Enrollment Management: Perspectives On Student Retention

[...] period, my interests have shifted back and forth across the various areas of practice and research related to enrollment management. [...] there is an additional point I would like to make.

Results of the Use of a Model That Predicts Individual Student Attrition

[...] WE WILL PRESENT THE CURRENT EFFORT THAT IS UNDERWAY BASED UPON WHAT WE LEARNED, AND THE NEXT STEPS IN THIS EFFORT TO IMPROVE STUDENT SUCCESS AND PERSISTENCE. [...] the institutional culture and large size was a disadvantage to us F in the development of interventions with individual students, and the experience we had with the intervention will show that difficulty.

Expanding the Conversation About Sem: Advancing Sem Efforts to Improve Student Learning and Persistence-Part I

This article gives attention to the essential need for enrollment management conceptual and organizational models to focus more intentionally and purposefully on efforts related to improving student learning, success, and persistence. This article connects dialogue about improving student learning and persistence to an institution's SEM efforts.

The Role of Merit-Based Scholarships in Meeting Affordability

[...] given its significant number of enrollments by students from outside the United States, it perhaps is more accurate to state that iu enrolls a student body that reflects the institution's role in the world. According to Table 3 (on page 37), IU Department Scholarships and IU Automatic and IU OEM Scholarships offered more than $9 million to resident students who later demonstrated financial need for the 2008-09 academic year, as well as more than $8 million to nonresidents.

Efforts to Improve Undergraduate Student Retention Rates at a Hispanic Serving Institution: Building Collaborative Relationships for the Common Good

This article describes efforts to improve retention and graduation rates at the University of Texas at San Antonio, a large Hispanic serving institution (HSI). One college within the university is focusing on increasing retention and graduation rates primarily by building relationships and capitalizing on university resources. In addition to discussion of the unique challenges HSIs face in improving retention and graduation rates, the article describes how the college formulated a thorough gr...

Legal Tips for Those Who Assist College Students: A Recommendation for Professional Development

Those who come in contact with students at the post-secondary level face a myriad of potential legal challenges in their interactions with students and others. All members of the academic community should be familiar with the more common legal issues and to plan accordingly to avoid future problems. This article explores FERPA in the classroom, reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities, concerns about the transferability of course work, the syllabus and related issues, copyrigh...

Realities and Myths of the Top 10 Percent Rule

Since its inception in Texas a baker's dozen years ago, we look forward with every new legislative session to another round of discussion about the "top io percent rule," which guarantees admission to the state's public universities for these talented high school graduates. [...] the addition of arbitrary caps on out-of-state and international student enrollments (again adding legislative input into institutional decisions) is sure to provoke future conversation.

Distorted Reflections: Fixing What's Wrong with Recruiting of Adult Students

[...] when she is accepted, our student receives a form letter on school letterhead, along with a second packet that includes more forms. On the first day of class, she arrives in the classroom, virtual or otherwise, where she meets her professor and classmates for the first time. [...] having been largely ignored (save for some automated communication) and left to her own devices throughout the admissions process, our student crosses the metaphorical enrollment precipice, ready to particip...

Hail to the Chief: A Survivor's Guide to Presidential Egos

(It was heady stuff for this rookie administrator to be interviewed by a national magazine!) But when I read the article about the assistant director of admissions who explained that budget cuts could cause the layoff of up to 30 faculty members, I figured I'd soon be returning as a high school English teacher to my first love. A geologist trained in England, where universities have neither general education requirements nor athletic departments, he was comparatively clueless about the hot i...

Effective Strategies for Dealing with People You Can't Stand

According to Mehrabian (1990), 55 percent of communication is based on what people see (facial expressions and posture); 38 percent is based on how communication sounds (tone, speed, volume); and only 7 percent of meaning is based on actual words spoken. Do not counterattack. * Quickly backtrack the main point to show that you understand the situation. * Redirect the Tank by showing how you share a common goal of getting the task done. * Maintain peace and earn her respect by assigning a tim...

How to Make Evaluation Time Stress-Free!

[...] the supervisor will elaborate on the employee's accomplishment and will describe improvements needed (if any); the employee may comment (as necessary). [...] the aar strongly incorporates the value oí collaboration.

Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's Public Universities

Given that most of them are flagship institutions, the sample of prestigious research-intensive universities are most likely to receive the most funding from the state as well as from tuition revenue, research grants, and donations. [...] the prestigious institutions are located across the nation whereas the state system schools are drawn from only four states. [...] what is surprising about students graduating at higher rates from highly selective institutions that have the most funding an...