Student recruitment
What's the best way to show new students enrollment, completion, and gradution rates?
I go over the completion rate, and placement rate with them they then will sign a form with the rates on it,
I certanly feel as if students need to sign, acknowledging the information has been presented to them. However, I've always found that reading the enrollment, completion and graduation rates along with the student is always helpful. Just gives us an opportunity to reiterate key points,and helps us assure the studewnt is retaining the information spoken to them.
Graduation, completion rates are available on our schools website. We also have each student sign off that they reviewed the rates when they enroll. I also go over the rates with the students before they enroll, in the initial interview.
o We have a section of our website devoted to completion and graduation rates. We as reps refer potential students to the website so we do not give them bad information.
During my time in admissions I've seen schools that are so affraid of giving inaccurate information that they dont give any information. The admissions department should be very aware of their school's admissions related statistics.
At our school the student enrollment, completion rates and graduation rates is information that is part of required disclosures that we give all potential students as the very first step in the interview process. I make it part of my establishing rapport step. In this information it also has placement rates broken down by state. I date the material when handing it to them. The specific placement rates are provide when I cover Career Services. In this case we have the current placement rates broken down by program. This information is something that I am proud to share with the potential students.
I have found that the more you tap dance around information that a student requests the more it looks like you are hiding something or embarrassed about the information. It's best to give them at least a general answer at the time they ask and then you can tell them that you will cover it in more detail at another point in the interview process if it is something that you had planned to cover anyway. If this information is something that is important enough for a student to base his decision on then you need to get it to them asap. I do not want any student that is not 100% comfortable with my school to enroll. I'd rather not enroll them, then for them to feel that they are unsure of some of the information. Be honest, be forthright with the information and be proud or at least comfortable of the information you are providing. If you are uncomfortable with it they will be too. And if you don’t know be honest and tell them that. You can learn it together.
I feel the student should be well informed of the graduation rates as well as placement rates. To ensure that there is a good understanding you deffinately should have the student sign a form stating that they understand.
The Graduate Information Disclosure is a great way to show the student graduation and placement rates, but I think it is also a good idea to explain to the student that all students do not report on this information after completing the program. It would be useful for Career Services to give some additional information on this as well.
At our campus every student recieves information on first visit prior to enrollment, and signs off that they have recieved the information.
Refer student to School handbook and catalog. I would also suggest to student to visit our website.
Once the student has selected a program they will then have an opportunity to look at the graduation disclosure.
The best way to show new students information about enrollment, completion and graduation/placement is to show them on the student's right to know paperwork. Also let them know that they can access information on the school's website if you are speaking to them on the phone.
We get asked these questions quite often. Initially, we direct these questions to our career services department and have them answer the students on the tour. And whenever a student enrolls into the school, they are required to sign a Graduation and Placement Rates Disclosure form as a part of the Admissions paperwork.
This is the practice at my school. No potential students are allowed to go thru the application/enrollment process until they have been fully interviewed and given a school tour. Our tour includes disclosing information about: graduation rates, and placement rates and are located in our consumer information link area. This section is pointed out to every potential student, not just enrolled students, to remain compliant. And potential students always have access to this information as it is located on the website, and always pointed out to them.
I usually direct them to our website, which is listed on the back of some marketing material that I hand out during presentations
Jade,
As a reminder, schools are required to give students graduation and placement rates for programs that the student is considering enrollment. Students should not have to ask for the information. You may want to check with your admissions director or school director to verify that this information is being given to potential students.
John Ware
At the school I work at student enrollment stats can only be provided by the campus Director. When confronted with a question pertaining to this I let the student know that with new students starting and other students graduating that figure changes, that I would gladly have the director to come in to answer that question but then also ask if there is a particular reason they were interested in knowing that. It might be that they are trying to gage class size, etc. As far as questions regaurding completion and graduation rates I would have to direct there inquire to our Career Services Department, although again I would try to use that oppertunity to ask questions to find out more about the student and what they are looking for. I would also be nice for the students with these sort of question if our Carrer Service department did have something organized to giev to the prospective students to give them current information as well as to spot light some graduate sucess, or employeers who have hired our graduates in such particualer program.I think it would alevate any concern and help us to present the school as more professional, efficant, as well as proud of what we do.
I would take them to Career Services and allow them to speak with the Career Services Coordinator.
Pat,
At my college we have approved print collateral that matches our other media. In campus visits and entrance interviews we include sharing this and sending it home with students, as well as guiding them to two important website links to further their research.
