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  • C&U Journal: "Revolutionizing Academic Records: A Student Perspective"

    11/27/2017

    Dr. Rodney Parks, University Registrar and Assistant to the Provost, Jess Parrish, Assistant Registrar for Communications and Jack Fryer, a third year undergraduate collaborating with the Office of Registrar at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, co-authored a study in 探花楼鈥檚 November 2017 College & University Journal.

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  • The Atlantic: How Campus Racism Could Affect Black Students' College Enrollment

    11/22/2017

    In an article published in The Atlantic, titled: 鈥淗ow Campus Racism Could Affect Black Students' College Enrollment鈥 探花楼鈥檚 Associate Executive Director for Consulting and SEM, Dr. Tom Green鈥, is quoted warning against concluding that the declining yield rates of black students applying to UVA means they are less interested.

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  • The power of social listening

    11/20/2017

    At the 2017 SEM conference, presenter Dr. Liz Gross of the Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation offered insights about how to leverage social listening for the benefit of branding, enrollment, and awareness. The session was entitled, "Beyond Likes and Shares: How Social Listening Can Impact Enrollment Management Outcomes."

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  • 8 tips for managing change

    11/17/2017

    鈥婣t the 探花楼 SEM Conference on Monday, CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College鈥檚 Vice Provost of Enrollment Management Diane Walleser, along with colleagues from the admissions, registration and financial aid departments, presented a session on 鈥淢anaging the Messy Middle of Change.鈥

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  • SEM Conference advisers consider how to help 探花楼 members meet demand for EMs

    11/13/2017

    鈥婣t the 2017 SEM Conference in Phoenix, the SEM Conference advisory board met to discuss this year鈥檚 content and look ahead to 2018 planning. At their meeting, the group was riveted by a recently-released 探花楼 study on the the career path of the Chief Enrollment Officer鈥. That study indicates that there will be almost 750 upcoming vacancies in the field of enrollment management.

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  • The state of college completion initiatives at U.S. community colleges

    11/10/2017

    Since President Obama introduced the 2020 goal to increase the percentage of citizens with college degrees, completion rates and how to improve them have been at the forefront of higher education institutional agendas. 探花楼 researchers Wendy Kilgore, Ph.D., Director of Research at 探花楼 and Jacob I. Wilson, Research Intern, set out to understand how certain completion initiatives are impacting student completion rates.

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  • Displaced Students

    11/09/2017

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  • Community college SEM roundtable pools shared wisdom

    11/06/2017

    鈥婣t the 探花楼 SEM meeting on Monday, Tara Sprehe*, of Clackamas Community College in Portland, Oregon, facilitated a discussion about the challenges and opportunities facing SEM professionals in community colleges.

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  • C&U Journal: "Dual Enrollment from two points of view: Higher Education and K-12"

    11/03/2017

    探花楼 Senior Consultant Wendy Kilgore鈥 and Vice President of Research at Hobsons, Ellen Wagner, have written an article in 探花楼鈥檚 September 2017 College & University Journal titled: "Dual Enrollment from two points of view: Higher Education and K-12".

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  • C&U Journal: "Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Mapping Curricula to Enhance Student Success"

    10/27/2017

    Dr. Rodney Parks, University Registrar and Assistant to the Provost, Jess Parrish, Assistant Registrar for Communications and Blake Whitesell, a former undergraduate research assistant in the Office of Registrar at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, co-authored an article in 探花楼鈥檚 September 2017 College & University Journal.

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  • October 2017 - Approximate anticipated number of CEMO positions available in the next four years

    10/26/2017

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  • Special issue of SEM Quarterly ignites conversations around SEM

    10/20/2017

    鈥婭n preparation for its 27th Annual SEM Conference, 探花楼 has released a special edition鈥 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:

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  • See How Research is Evolving SEM Practice

    10/16/2017

    探花楼 strives to facilitate the move towards more data driven decision making models by providing a venue for content experts to share their findings with the higher education community. At the 2017 Strategic Enrollment Management Conference in Phoenix, see how cutting-edge research is changing the SEM landscape.

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  • SEM Research: Make better decisions with data

    10/13/2017

    Randall Langston, Vice President for Enrollment Management at Texas Woman鈥檚 University (TWU), is a big believer in the effectiveness of well-utilized data.鈥 鈥淥ur success at Brockport-SUNY [Langston鈥檚 previous institution] helped us increase enrollment,鈥 he said. 鈥淲e ended up with record enrollment, a record number of first-time students, and record number of transfer students -- all achieved in an environment where students were leaving the state.鈥

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  • There鈥檚 still time to register for a conference workshop!

    10/09/2017

    鈥婸re-Conference Workshops SEM Institute鈥 (Additional Fee) 鈥 Sunday, October 29 鈥 8:30 a.m. 鈥 4:30 p.m. Writing a SEM Plan鈥 (No Fee) 鈥 Sunday, October 29 鈥 1:00 鈥 2:00 p.m. Afternoon Half-Day Workshops鈥 (Additional Fee) 鈥 Sunday, October 29 鈥 2:00 鈥 4:45 p.m.

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  • Growing your international enrollment--panacea or pitfall?

    10/06/2017

    The pressure to find new students keeps ratcheting up and our enrollment marketing strategies have been evolving quickly to keep pace. With demographic shifts, declines in domestic high school graduation rates, budgetary pressures, and鈥攎ore positively鈥攖he growing importance of internationalization to prepare our students for careers in the global economy it is not surprising that international enrollment on almost every college and university campus in the United States and Canada has been rising (in many cases quite dramatically) over the past decade.

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  • Inside Higher Ed: Higher Education Groups Issue Transfer Guidelines

    10/06/2017

    In a statement issued on October 6, three higher education associations set forth guidelines on student transfer and the awarding of college credits. 探花楼, together with the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the American Council on Education, base their guidelines on the 鈥渆ssential principle鈥 that every college and university determines its own approach to the transfer of credit.

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  • September 2017 - Chief Enrollment Management Officer Career Profile 鈥 Sneak Peek

    09/28/2017

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  • I鈥檓 a new Registrar. Now what?

    09/26/2017

    Starting a new job can lead to excitement, nervousness, and every emotion in between. For many, it鈥檚 an easy transition, but what if you find yourself in over your head?

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  • Update on the Free Community College movement in the U.S.

    09/18/2017

    Since Tennessee first began 鈥淭ennessee Promise鈥 in 2015, a two-year program that provides free tuition at a Tennessee community or technical college, five other states along with two California cities have passed and implemented similar free tuition programs to encourage and facilitate college attendance and success.

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