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: 1New 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.