When the prospect is undecided about the career or program to choose, it is important to refer to a Guidance-Counselor for career exploration guidance to help this prospect find his/her career. Eventually, this will increase retention and career completion rates.

I would say that as far as institutional marketing, my university is working pretty hard to improve in this area. We are a small private university, so the funds aren't always there for expensive marketing tools. We recently started airing commercials on television, which has been a big help in getting our name out to the public. We are updating and modernizing all of our brochures and publications to be more relevant to today's generation. We go to every fair and event that we can to get our university attention. I am excited to see how these new marketing strategies will help our university in the long run.

At our institution, we understand that graduation is one of the most important moments that a student can achieve. It is a memory that the individual, as well as family and friends will remember for a life time. We do a very nice graduation at our institution. We are set in on old plantation grounds, and we have several buildings original to that time period. We have our graduation outside in our pavilion area that is surrounded by the magnificent old buildings. It makes for a special ceremony that you just can't find elsewhere. I am glad that our institution puts a special emphasis on the graduation ceremony. It is something that the individual will always remember as one of their biggest accomplishments in life.

I enjoyed reading the section about the organization of the admissions paperwork. I think one of the most important aspects of being a person who works in an admission department is organization. There are so many applications coming in on a daily basis that if you were to not be organized and get off track, it could be really bad. Our institution still uses paper files as well as computer files, so we have double the organization to do at the moment. It is important that one creates a system that helps them stay in compliance of all rules and regulations so that you can get files done thoroughly and in a timely manner.

Some of the terms and their definitions that we use at our institution include: Official Transcript: An official transcript is the University's certified statement of your academic record. It is printed on special University specific paper, and includes the official seal of the University. It is delivered to another school in a sealed envelope. Once it is opened by an individual, it is no longer considered official. Conditional Acceptance: Someone who is conditionally acceptance can be registered for classes, but can not receive any financial aid until the conditional acceptance becomes full acceptance. An example of conditional acceptance is when we are waiting on an official transcript from someone who is currently taking classes at another college or university, but we have their in-progress transcript. We will conditionally accept them until their final transcript comes in, and then will switch them to full accept if they meet GPA requirements as well. Prospects: People who are inquiring about the university, but have not made up their mind to apply.

You are interested in social media like Facebook and Twitter. How does your school use these media and what is your opinion? Our school uses a marketing specialist who handles all news forums. She manages this daily and watches to make sure we do not do anything outside of promoting our college in a healthy manner. we use social media to post news, updates and student success spot lights.

I do not think a student would be able to make an informed decision if they did not meet with the correct people on the campus tour. I think if the student is serious about enrolling it should be a requirement that they meet with certain departments at the campus upon enrolling. we follow this at our campus as a best practice to ensure the student is making the best educated decision.

Our institution will accept up to 50% of transfer credits however they have to be of a passing grade of a C or above. We also have an articulation agreement with a community college so, we have to be very sure when transferring of any credits. Our Dean and Academic dept. is heavily involved in the process which makes it easier on the rep to avoid any compliance issues

I believe the most important part of an Admissions lead is someone who will spend time each day coaching and training their employees. I think its important to do this because its easy to get burned out in Admissions. Reps want to feel important and I think there is much more than setting daily goals when dealing with Ad. Reps.

This is my first time taking this program .It has been so resourceful for my institution . Now I can organized our first Notebook that will allow us to be more effective in our organizational chart and make everyone responsible of their duties. This is a great course!

Why is it so important for the admissions representative to stay current?

Why is it so very important to disclose pertinent information before enrolling a student?

It is very important for the admissions representative to be ethical in all doings. The necessary disclosures must be made to the students before enrolment.

Our catalog is always available to prospective students online and we refer them to it when questions arise. Do we need to include a link to it as a follow up to the initial interview?

What is the best resourse to use to stay up to date?

What is the most efficient way to handle paperwork?

Can the notebook be a electronic file or should it be a acutal notebook.

Our team is responsible for knowing a wealth of information on a variety of different programs. We hold training sessions to cover program and compliance information to insure everyone is current on these topics. For resource binders, do you recommend a regular "audit" to confirm that everyone is referencing the same accurate and current information?

Hello Everyone, How effective do you think it would be to have a resource Notebook online? I normally try to have everything in my PC and even on the go i can access most of my file on Google docs or some other cloud service like that. What do you guys thing about this idea?

I frequently find that the students I meet with about the admissions process are highly interested in the likelihood that they will receive a job upon graduation from their specific program. It is critical that I have the utmost knowledge of these statistics and I am better able to know this by studying our previous graduates, talking with current program directors, and working with the career services department at our university.