Suchergebnisse

Deborah L. Anderson was finishing her Ph.D. and serving as Vice Chancellor for Student Success at Ivy Tech Community College in Evansville, Indiana, when a series of life events launched her career in a direction she couldn't have predicted. Her husband was diagnosed with early‐onset Alzheimer's disease in 2018. She completed the degree in 2019, and then the COVID‐19 pandemic hit.

Matriculation and commencement are part of the pattern of the year for enrollment managers. I have spent longer as editor of Enrollment Management Report than your institution's students spend at your school (at least I hope none of them stay so long) — 16 and a half years! But after this issue, it's time for new adventures. I'm thinking of the change as my commencement.

Increasing diversity, access, equity, and inclusion on campus requires total commitment, said Cassandra Moore, Director of Admissions and Enrollment Development at Anne Arundel Community College. "This is hard work," she added, speaking at the Chesapeake and Potomac Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers annual conference, held virtually.

Reviewing transcripts can feel really procedural, but there's a lot more to it than that, said Katie Schwienteck, Registrar at Penn State York. Schwienteck outlined 10 things transcript evaluators should know at a session of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers Technology & Transfer Summit, held online.

"Answer every question with 'yes.'" Jonathan T. Reece, M.Ed., University Registrar at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, credits that philosophy for his professional success, and it's the advice he gives his staff members and others for growing their careers.

Working together for about 10 years, Kris Anderson, Heather Pearson, and Heather Kretz experienced professional triumphs and failures. Within their team, there were also marriages, deaths, and many other events that impacted team members in positive and negative ways.

When prospective students consider going to college, they are excited about their futures. But what if they get confused or discouraged by the enrollment process and never even make it to a class?

With the COVID‐19 pandemic and changing demographics, enrollment at colleges and universities has experienced significant impacts over the past few years. Two recent reports from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center track student numbers and behavior.

Through 2019, all the forms in the Registrar's Office at the University of Northwestern, St. Paul were paper based, or in some cases, fillable PDFs. Students could either print them out and bring them to the office once they were completed or come by the office to pick one up, said Registrar Andy Simpson.

Every year, the National Center for Education Statistics compiles data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System and from other sources in the Condition of Education.

When Margo Landy, Ph.D., became University Registrar at San Francisco State University in fall 2019, the graduation evaluation process was paper based, and it took at least two to three months to award degrees after end of term processing. The university had a degree audit system, but it wasn't being used to review student completion. Also, the deadline for students to apply to graduate was in the middle of the term the student intended to graduate, so if a student hadn't completed all the requirements, it was too late to do anything about it. That made for difficult conversations when students learned in March that they weren't going to graduate, Landy said.

The University of South Florida welcomed its largest freshman class ever in fall 2021, and the institution has seen increases in net tuition revenue since 2013. Those are among the successes Billie Jo Hamilton, M.B.A., has overseen as Associate Vice President for Enrollment Planning and Management.

Wright State University officials worked to create an inclusive culture even before Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act became law. Tom Webb, ADA/504 Coordinator and Director of the Office of Disability Services, shared how his office provides extensive support to students.

When Erin Michelle Collins, M.A., started her new position as Registrar at Pomona College in June 2021, it would be a while before she would meet her staff members in person or get the chance to drop into a colleague's office on campus. But that didn't prevent her from making connections and establishing herself as a leader in the office and at the college.