November 25, 2013

Enrollment (Domestic)

Recruitment:  strengthen pipeline through more aggressive funnel management (FYR/TR)

• Senior Day was held on November 3 and November 11
• Transfer Student Visit Day was held on November 8
• Incomplete emails are sent to those who have applied but are incomplete
• Continued distribution of 2014-15 scholarship award letters
• FAS presentations for Senior Days
• Extended Fall 2014 Scholarship Deadline to Nov. 8, 2013
• Accepting updated ACT/SAT Test Scores for FA14 scholarship consideration
• FAS Publication Planning meeting with Marketing & Communications to develop Financial Aid & Scholarship Prospectus for incoming FA14 FYFR

Retention Management:  increase first-year rate to 90%, six-year graduation to 70%

• Distributed scholarship renewal criteria to all scholarship and Pell Advantage recipients
• FAS conducting an assessment of student action/response to Oct. email to non-FAFSA filers with outstanding balances

Technology:  establish systems and structures necessary to achieve enrollment results

• The transfer system in Campus Solutions has been updated with a code fix and demo’d to the Admissions staff.  It is now viable for our business functions and we will proceed implementing.
• IT, OIRP and SIS are in the progress of migrating the table structure of the student facing credit transfer system (CredTran) to a different table structure, which will enable longer term enhancements.
• Collaboration with OIRP to develop data set for Scannell & Kurz Financial Aid & Scholarship Strategy Tool (FAST)

Enrollment (International)

Recruitment:  enhance Unit’s planning and accountability

• Attending a Saudi Student fair in Chicago in collaboration with the Applied English Center and KU School of Law.

International Partnerships:  establish collaborations and articulation agreements

• Working on a new sponsored student agreement for degree-seeking students with the Sampoerna Foundation

Visiting Student Programs:  develop and implement

• Working on a new visiting agreement with Central China Normal University
  
  Continuing visiting students for Spring 2014
  Brazil Scientific Mobility Program: 23
  Kanagawa University:  5
  Zhejiang Normal University:  1

  New visiting students for Spring 2014
  Brazil Scientific Mobility Program:  5
  Zhejiang Normal University: 1
  Arturo Prat University of Chile:  1
  IREX Global UGRAD Pakistan:  1

Traditional Recruitment Activities:  increase and diversify investments

• Pursuing recruitment partnership to create a new pathway program for international students. This pathway would integrate intensive English into the Freshman year for international students with higher levels of English.