Ada,
You have excellent training opportunities available to you. Keep on learning!
Patty Aronoff
Barbara,
Your accrediting body plays an important role in the operations of your school. Transferability of credits is determined by the receiving institution.
Patty Aronoff
Brittany,
Make sure that students understand accreditation and what it means to them. Many confuse the term with licensure.
Patty Aronoff
Marc,
Do you have students that sign up for just individual classes or does everyone sign up for a program?
Patty Aronoff
Timothy,
Finding the right program for the prospective student is a key aspect of admissions. When we have found the right match, it paves the road to success.
Patty Aronoff
Manuela,
All students must meet admission requirements before starting school.
Patty Aronoff
I have added the entire Index for the Commission for Independent Education which includes definitions of terms. I am currently working on getting together Enrollment Agreements to add to the Resource Notebook.
I've created a resource book for my admissions department which has the most critical and up-to-date information regarding institutional governance as well as policy and procedures.
Accreditation is a commonly used term in my organization. Oftentimes students will ask about accreditation wanting to know if there is an open flow of credit transfers between school that have accreditation. They feel that the reason a school may refuse transfer credits from another school is becasue that school has none or less accreditation than the receiving institution. This is usually a great opportunity to suggest research by the students and to explain the different level of accreditaion. it is also a major oportunity to remind students that each instiution had its own policies about trnsfer credits and that onus is on them to reasearch their particular insitution.
it might be a great idea of there to be a visible document/site that makes students understand that accrediting bodies vary by geographical location adn there is no difference.
I have created a resource notebook for admissions as well as all that can use this information. I feel all department heads in the school can use this information and should be familiar with these rules.
I have just started reviewing the course materials, but have created an electronic Resource Notebook, and also have a plastic binder with separate folders for printed material.
So far I have the following:
Terms and Definitions
Institution Catalog
Standard Enrollment Agreement
Marketing Materials
Student Policies & Procedures Manual
Employee Handbook
Organizational Chart
Gainful Employment & Potential Careers Information
Accreditation Information (HLC, CIE, etc)
I have also copied the FL Administrative Commission Code 6E Rules and all the forms that pertain to them.
It is still early in the course, but I have not discovered any "new" information regarding the rules or regulations about higher education procedures in FL -- but I have been employed in secondary education in FL for over 11 years, with two different colleges, and am astutely familiar with the business of administration and ethical enrollment.
What I have found is that this course highlights and reinforces my belief in the way we attract, recruit, support, and retain students at my current employer. It's good to know that when you are transparent and doing it "by the book" all along, then it's not very difficult adapt to changes in State or Federal rules & regulations.
I have placed the printable material for the agent training, Program information for the Degrees we provide, and new marketing material
We discuss accreditation with students so that they understand the different types of accreditation. Once a student as made the decision that we are the best fit for them they complete an application and enrollment agreement. I explain to students that their signature indicates that they understand the policies of the institution and also lets us know which program the student would like to enroll in. Fair comsumer practices are established with every phone call and face to face interaction with a student. All information given is accurate and honest. I also like to discuss the option of using Title IV funding and ways to borrow responsibly. This also includes applying for scholarships to keep the student loans as low as possible.
At University of Phoenix, we use many of the terms presented in the Max Knowledge presentation.
As we prepare for our upcoming HLC visit we speak extensively about accreditation and how we are accredited through HLC.
I have been an enrollment advisor for almost a decade so am familiar with the term enrollment and the process involved when registering a student for classes.
As an enrollment advisor who also assists students with the Federal Financial Aid process I am also familiar with Title IV, what it is and how a student goes about applying.
The University of Phoenix now more than ever is striving to ensure that we have fair consumer practices in place at all campuses and learning centers, essentially meaning that we are honest, accurate and work with integrity when working with perspective and current students.
At our institution many of the Terms & Definitions you present are used. There is one difference and that we do not have "Agents" representing our school. Our Admissions staff consist of 5 reps and one director.
We train on Admissions policies & procedures every 10-weeks. The staff conducts mandatory "In-House Continuing Education" 3 times a year. We also interact with other departments in order to keep abreast of any changes to our programs, employment and retention issues.
ACICS the Acredditing Council for Independent Colleges and Schools is one of the most important definitions in our interview presentation along with our compliance statement about the transferability of credits.
Accreditation, Agent, Commission, Enrollment and institution. All of these terms can be commonly used in and during the admission process at my institution.
Student: One who has enrolled in one or more individual classes.
Program Student: One who has enrolled in all three of the courses that make up our degree program.
Prospect- someone who is a potential fit for a program/ course that we offer.
Conversions- transforming good fit prospects into students.
Retention- building relationships with students to foster completion and continual success in our programs.
Marketing- efforts made to bring awareness to our programs with consideration regarding positioning in relation to the competition.
Some of the definitions are program, enrollment agreement and admission requirements.
