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Marketing and Advertising

it is good to the institution to develop an excellent and accurate marketing campaign

Institution policies

Understanding your institution policies and procedures is important to develop a great job.

Enrollment Agreement

This is one of the most important piece of a student admission and successful duration on the program

Financial Aid

Most students who come from foreign countries need to know what to do in order to get Financial Aid.

Appropriate Notification to Department of State or Commission

Is there a requirement to notify the Florida Department of Education if an individual program changes program policies that may impact course/lab fees (i.e. service-learning supplies, evaluation kit needed for a lab)?

The 1st contact with parents

What suggestions do you have when meeting a student for the 1st time and the parents are directing the conversation? Are their specific rules under the Florida Statutes that govern communication with parents during the application and admissions processes?

Keeping up to date

How to you stay up to date with everything constantly changing?

Marketing

What do you find to be your most helpful source for marketing?

Admissions Paperwork

What do you find most helpful in preparing to sign a new student?

Resource Notebook

What do you find to be most important in organizing your notebook?

Marketing Participation

In my case I always use the admission represenatives opinions with the marketing strategies. They help me a lot because they are the one's working day-to-day with the prospects and students. Working as a team is very important in our institution.

What documents to keep, what you can toss—and when?

What documents to keep, what you can toss—and when?

Being of top of all the Information

In my case as an Admission Director is my responsibility to be on top of the admission processes and the marketing plan. Before being the director for me to be succesful I was on top of all the information for me to havce all the answers for the prsopects and even the active students.

Financial Aid Informaion in the Admissions Department

I don't like to go deep in the Finacial Aid process, just go over the options with the students. Institutions have to be careful with with this part and it's better that the Finacial Aid officer explain it to them.

What is the Carnegie Classification?

How can you ensure that the accrediting agency is reputable?

Advertising and Marketing

I think that nowadays social media is the most successful way to catch students, especially Facebook and Twitter. The disadvantage I see in this kind of advertising that sometimes is very informal and students don't trust in the information they read. It's important to keep a balance between the ways of advertise.

Admissions Staff Training

I think is very important to admissions staff to take this course because sometimes applicants come to the institition without information about it. And the way he/she receive information is decisive at the time to take a decision. Other important point is the way that students are treated. Good manners are as important as institution information.

Instate institution variances

How policies and procedures varies from state institutions

Marketing Strategies

How to better position your institution in your community?

Student Exchange

Best practices for institutions students exchange program