No special requirements or interview alterations have been instilled. The Graduate and Placement Rates are available but do not affect our Admissions process.
My school has always had a very thorough admissions evaluation/interview process. A typical inteview for admissions takes about 2 hours where admissions reps are trained to ask open ended questions to truly assess a potential students needs/goals in order to ensure they will be successful in our programs. We also look at criminal backgrounds and have a comittee that reviews backgrounds to ensure we are attracting a quality student that will graduate and benefit from our training programs. We also perform DOA seconds on our interviews to assist our reps in attracting a quality student.
We have an entrance exam. Which before we used to offer a review class for this exam, but no one was coming prepared anyways. So we challenged them to take the exam with no help which helps us not to enroll a student that doesnt work hard for what they want.
I worked at a school who used admissions testing for acceptance,instructors would complain about the "Quality" of the students.Criminals can pass admissions tests. They are not unintelligent. Here we require a background check which prevents alot of problems.
Our college has entrance exams for different types of programs to ensure the student is capable of graduating from each program. We have the study guides for the specific exams on site to help the students if needed.
We have made changes in our admissions process by utilizing a presentation that each representative has to give. This allows all potential students to receive the correct and accurate infromation each time.
Aaron - is this something your institution developed for your online system? We are moving toward more and more online options and I believe additional preparation for our online students could always be beneficial.
No. Employers may have a hard time insuring technicians who have driving record felonies or are unable to obtain a drivers license.
Greg,
It may be beneficial to have student with felony or misdemeanor sign a disclosure stating they understand it may limit their employability in certain fields. Are there any programs at your school that students with criminal histories would be unable to work in?
Kimberly Stein
Brandon,
It is very important to make sure the students will be successful in the program. Strict admissions standards will help ensure the success of the students.
Kimberly Stein
Each student has a different set of needs or concerns about going to school. Therefore, it is important for school represenatives to identify the needs in order to provide necessary information so the student can make an informed decision.
Our institution has implemented a process that requires a prospective student to disclose any felony or misdemeanor they may have. The student will then have a second interview with the Campus President or designee and upon approval they will be recommended for enrollment. Certain criminal history can have a vast impact on employability.
Yes, and following through after graduation. Knowing they will still be assisted to start their career and how to be successful.
We have regular meetings with our program chairs to make sure we are up to date with what is happening in their departments. We also have a career services office that is available to speak with students to answer their questions.
The admissions requirements for the nursing program are aimed at ensuring that students who begin the program are capable of being successful in the classroom. While it has proven difficult for many prospective students to pass and gain acceptance to the program, it also has worked to ensure that the students who do so are successful in their studies.
Our school has added a required background check for our Medical Assistant students prior to externship placement. We continue to aquire externship sites for student placement.
The first thing we did was spend a lot of time educating and re-educating the admissions teams. Luckily, my school didn't have issues and there has always been a commitment to doing the right thing, the right way.....every time.
Yes, we have added an entrance test.
Math is a problem for most students. we do a math skills assessment prior to the start date with sufficient time to have them take our free math training program. we also inform students of the background checks that employers will require so they can adjust their behavior or weed themselves out and perhaps go to another school for some other form of training.
I believe that our interview process has tightened up to ensure the right student is being put in the right school giving us the ability to walk away from a student that is not ready for the type of requiremnts they will be asked to follow. It helps us to know we are making the right choice for a student tat we believe will be successful at a different school other than ours.
