Entries Tagged as '2007 - Volume III - Issue I'

Monday, January 1st, 2007

Considerations in Evaluating Your Institutional Discount Rate

Douglas E. Clark
Vice President of Enrollment Management
Ferrum College
John W. Dysart
President
The Dysart Group, Inc.
Discount rates are always an important topic for evaluation and discussion at private colleges and universities. The institutional discount rate is simply the amount of unfunded institutional aid as a percentage of gross tuition revenue. For example, […]

Monday, January 1st, 2007

Wesley College: An Extraordinary Turnaround

John W. Dysart
President
The Dysart Group, Inc.
Although alumni today often boast about how Wesley, a predominately liberal arts college in Dover, Delaware, affiliated with the United Methodist Church “refused to die,” the fact is that the 133-year-old institution was almost moribund when President Scott D. Miller assumed the presidency […]

Monday, January 1st, 2007

The Democrats Take Control of Congress: Prepare for Changes

John W. Dysart
President
The Dysart Group, Inc.
The Democrats have taken control of both houses of Congress and higher education changes are expected. While most of the prospective news looks promising for enrollment administrators, one change could turn into a financial burden.
The good news is talk of increasing the maximum […]