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Flyers

How affective do you feel flyers are in the tech savvy world of today. Has anyone had luck with them recently.

State Guidelines

How often if at all do the state guidelines for any particular area change.

Continually Updating your Notebook

When updating your notebook have you found that the most up to date and accurate information came from your own research and information obtained, or was it provided by your manager or institution.

Your Job

It is important to know what your job duties are. Being a part of student service is to be aware of what the college offers and to help the students and potential students. It is imporant as student service coordiators to know as much information about the college that they can.

Services

It is importnant for students to be aware of the extra assistace. Students need to be aware and attend sessions such as orientation. It is also helpful to be aware of services such as academic assistance, housing career services, and learning resource centers. Having students take advantage of services can help a studet tremendously.

Catalog

Reading and understanding the school's catalog is a vital part of the college experience. The catalog houses information about the college. It explains the policies, tuition and fees, enrollment dates, courses and any other item that pertains the college. It is a students responsibility to read the catalog and to use it as a reference guide.

Organization

I believe that staying organized can help you in your personal and professional life. I always like to keep binders or manila folders that contain any useful information that I might want to go back and look at. I have printed out the pages from this training and then can leave it at my desk. I will be able to go back to the binder whenever I want to double check any questions I might have.

transferable credits

Is there a list anywhere that shows what transfers from where? Or do you have to contact each individual school to find out?

The Notebook

What Notebook do you consider buying to help me keep updated with my prospective students?

Asking Questions

As much as I like to know everything myself, it is so important to ask the right questions if you are unsure of information. Not just in a new job, but in school, in your personal life,and when working with a student. I do like to research materials when I have a question, but I like the fact that everyone is so open and understanding when a new agent has questions. A lot of the decisions that we make have a big impact on the student and the school so its important to make the right one. So,if you have a question, ASK IT!

admissions

The best element of admission for me is exciting the potential student with the information that we have to give that will help the individual.

Accred.

The more time I spend in this field the more I realize how important it is for a student to understand what various types of accrediations are and what it means to them.

Adverstising on Facebook

What are the regulations that you can and can't post on facebook for advertising our College for recruiting?

Financial Aid

How specific should an Admissions Rep get in Detail with the Financial Aid process when conducting an In Home with an possible new enrollment?

Eco-Friendly Resource Notebook

I plan on keeping my resource notebooks for each licensing body as an electronic file to save on paper, especially with the potential for monthly updates and changes!

Social Media Regulation

Does Ohio have any written regulations for advertisements specifically on social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.?

Admissions Paperwork

I wonder why more of the paperwork required of the admissions process can't be digitalized? It seems so outdated to have carbon copy anything, especially enrollment agreements....

Ethical Codes (B7)

(7) Refrain from making exagerated statements concerning job or employment opportunities. - One of the most common questions I get while showing prospective students and families around has to do with job placement following graduation. I'm grateful we have disclosure forms through our career services department so students and parents can see published statistics!It's tempting to want to brag, but I always direct families to the disclosure brochures.

course catalog/ school services

What does your school provide to make sure that all agents are up to date on the services that the school offers to students? Do you find it hard to keep the school catalog up to date?

Important

This information was very informative and beneficial because it gave me insite on the do's and don't and what agents are responsible for etc. This is simply a guide of ethics on how to correctly and effectively do our job. I am able to grow and evolve within this area of helping others.