Entries Tagged as '2005 - Volume I - Issue II'

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

Anatomy of a Significant Tuition Increase

John W. Dysart
President
The Dysart Group, Inc.
Colleges and universities generally raise the price of tuition every year. While there are the rare exceptions, most institutions raise prices to deal with planned improvements, annual increases levied on their own budgets by various vendors and the need to address salary adjustments […]

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

Leave No Money Behind

Louis Dupart
Associate
Fleishman and Walsh, LLP
Colleges and universities are continually looking for new sources of funds. Naturally, people turn to Washington, D.C. and the federal appropriations process – especially the Fund for Post Secondary Education (FPSE). But, like a field that has been plowed over and over, this source […]

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

Working With Teleservices Vendors

Tom Wogan
President
Edge Teleservices
Not too long ago, the use of a teleservices vendor from outside the institution would have been unthinkable. Yet today, more and more of those responsible for increasing enrolment have realized that outsourcing offers a number of advantages. These include: 
-being able to contact large numbers […]

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

Uniquely Qualified to Lead Enrollment Management Operations

Mike O’Grady
Senior Vice President
Student Loan Corporation
The higher education industry has changed dramatically over the last thirty years. Separate offices devoted to financial aid, recruitment and retention have often been collapsed into enrollment management divisions. 
The trend has been at some cost to financial aid professionals. In many cases, […]

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

What Vice Presidents for Enrollment Need to Know About Financial Aid

Douglas E. Clark
Vice President for Enrollment Management
Ferrum College
In the enrollment management model of organization where admissions and financial aid both report to the same senior enrollment officer, it is not unusual in many small, private, liberal arts colleges for that officer to have more of a […]

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

Defining Roles in Enrollment Management

Dr. Earl Brooks
President
Tri-State University
The first step in successful implementation of an enrolment management plan is to clearly delineate responsibilities. Each division must understand its role in enrolment management. 
The defining of roles and responsibilities begins in the Office of the President. The President is charged with setting the […]