Licensing Process
While I am completing this class from the perspective of an admissions representative, I had the fortunate opportunity to be a part of our college's licensing procedure.
I can't emphasize enough how important it is to take the issues discussed in this module seriously, and CIE does review your system to assure all of the practices are in accordance with state law. A rogue or careless admissions rep could be jeopardizing the licensing (and subsequently the accreditation) of a school.
If you see a team member cutting corners be sure to bring it to someone's attention. They could be causing serious problems for all stakeholders.
Shane,
I would ask the question, how can you sell a program if you do not know the program requirements? This is where so many are mislead. They count on admissions to give them all the information. Therefore, training is imperative.
Patty Aronoff
I worked for an institution as a program director and constantly dealt with irate students who stated that they were given information from the admissions department which was inaccurate regarding the program. ON many occasions, I met with the director of admissions to resolve these issues. At times I also met with the entire admissions department to inform them about the program requiremens particularly related to progression and graduation.
Should we make these programmatic information a required institutional training for all admission/recruitment personnel?
It is funny because I actually came from the Admissions Department and am now working with the Accreditation and Licensure Department. So kind of opposite of you Matthew. I agree that it is really imporant... it's funny how my roles have changed and now I see things from a different perspective. The reason I am taking this course is so we can train our other Campuses not located in Florida on the importance of regulations which I think will be very beneficial to our institution! I am very new to this department, so this class is helping me understand a ton of infomration!
John,
Many schools and even regulators use secret shoppers. It is a way to check on schools to make sure they are operating in a legal and ethical manner.
Andrew,
It only takes one with an audience.
Matthew,
You are right. Wrongful practices can cause a school to lose their license to operate.
Shaun,
Word of mouth is often the best form of advertising. It can also create rapid damage.
I totally agree many times one particular issue can damage the entire school. i have seen this in many cases.
Yes i agree with that it doesnt really matter how big are small is problem if someone is not telling right thhings need to be reported
Some schools, such as the one I represent, have "shoppers" who will randomly perform a spot check posing as a student. There is a zero tolorance for mistakes, bascially we make one and we are no longer employed.
And to piggy-back on this...it does not matter how big/small your particular institution is. You could have 1 representative in a school with hundreds of locations say the wrong thing to the wrong person and possibly damage the integrity and accreditation for the entire school.
