In preparation for its 27th Annual SEM Conference, 探花楼 has released a of Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly. Over the past five years, SEMQ has highlighted the work of enrollment management practitioners, from distinguished thought leaders, as well as young, emerging researchers in the field. This special issue includes selected articles from the past five years of the peer-reviewed journal, presenting core SEM concepts including:
- Strategic Enrollment Management for Chief Enrollment-Officers: Practical Use of Statistical and Mathematical Data in Forecasting First Year and Transfer College Enrollment, by Randall Langston, Robert Wyant, and Jamie Scheid
- Insiders/Outsiders? Market Signaling and Student Identity in College Choice, by Gabriel R. Serna
- Organizational Assessment to Improve College Student Persistence, by John M. Braxton and Clay H. W. Francis
- SEM and the Student Journey: The Role of Strategic Enrollment Management in Student Engagement, by Stanley E. Henderson
- Developing and Implementing a SEM Plan--One University's Journey, by Kyle Baillie and Jody Gordon
鈥淭hese articles were selected to stimulate your thoughts about SEM as you prepare to engage with colleagues from around the world at the conference,鈥 said Editor-in-Chief Tom Green.
In past years, SEM Conference registrants were provided white papers that set the tone for the meeting and inspired attendees to share challenges and ask questions. This is the second annual intended to update this practice.
鈥淥ne of my favorite aspects of scholarship in our field is the practical, experienced nature of the writing,鈥 said Green. 鈥淣ot only can you enjoy these articles as a primer for the conference but you will see many of these authors in Phoenix, teaching and learning alongside you.鈥
Also available now is the of SEMQ, which features articles by Montgomery County Community College鈥檚 Kevin Pollock and Celeste M. Schwartz, with David Buck, Ellucian Technology Management; Iowa State University鈥檚 Ekaterina S. Ralston, Jonathan Compton, Greg Forbes and Xiaowei Xu, with Jason Pontius, Iowa Board of Regents; Toni Woolfork-Barnes, Western Michigan University; and Barbara Bell (doctoral candidate), Peabody College, Vanderbilt University.
Topics include:
- IT as a student success partner;
- combining traditional measures of student readiness with non-cognitive variables;
- first-year experience courses and seminars and student success; and
- the needs of military veterans and the challenges they face in accessing and succeeding in higher education.