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Recruitment for Out-of-State Students & Scheduling Faculty Senate Updates
- Dr. Wendy Lin-Cook
Recruitment for Out-of-State Students & Scheduling Faculty - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Recruitment for Out-of-State Students & Scheduling Faculty - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Recruitment for Out-of-State Students & Scheduling Faculty Senate Updates Dr. Wendy Lin-Cook March 28, 2019 Enrollment Funnel 3 March 28, 2019 Freshman Prospect/Inquiry Stage Out-of-State Student Search Purchase names of
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Enrollment Funnel
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Freshman – Prospect/Inquiry Stage
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- Out-of-State Student Search
– Purchase names of high-achieving high school students
- New Jersey – 37,644 (+23%)
- Non New Jersey – 138,796 (+109%)
– New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware, Washington DC, Virginia, Florida, California
- International – 1,524 (+10%)
- Out of State/International Recruitment Travel
– High school visits and college fairs
- New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware, Washington DC,
Virginia, Florida, California and Texas
- China, India, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia,
Ukraine, Colombia, Brazil – Recruitment literature
- Additional recruitment activities
– Online Search Platforms such as Naviance, Niche – Digital and Traditional Advertising
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Applicant/Admit Stage
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- Overall Applications – 8,736 (Fall 2019) vs. 7,923 (Fall 2018)
- Out-of-State Applications – 1,547 (Fall 2019) vs. 1,117 (Fall 2018)
- International Applications – 639 (Fall 2019) vs. 548 (Fall 2018)
- Personalized Portal with personalized financial aid information
- NJIT Experience Days (on-campus and virtual)
- Virtual yield events
- On-line math placement exams
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Transfer Students
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- Prospect Stage
– Regional Transfer Scholarship – Purchase name
- Phi Theta Kappa
– Recruitment Travel
- Community colleges in New Jersey and surrounding states
– Advertising, posters combined with Digital marketing (geofencing) at targeted NJ and neighboring community colleges
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Graduate Students
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- Prospect Stage
– Purchase name
- GRE, GMAT, TOEFL
– Outreach to NJIT students and alumni – Recruitment Travel
- Regional graduate fairs (NJ, NY, PA)
- Professional conferences (NSBE, SWE, Grace Hopper, etc.)
- International recruitment
- Overseas agents
– Digital marketing
- Google Ads
- Social Media Ads
– Traditional advertising
- Transit Ads
- Billboards
- Publications
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Application Results
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- Freshman Applications – Fall 2019
– Out of State: +84% – International: +6% – New Jersey: +5%
- Transfer Applications – Fall 2019
– International: +12%
- Graduate Applications – Fall 2019
– International: +21%
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Scheduling
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Scheduling Models
- Academic department provides
faculty data and Registrar creates schedule
- Ensures fairness and conflict
free for all parties by taking all variables into holistic consideration at once
- Balanced classroom utilization
- Less academic department
control
Decentralized Scheduling
(Spring and Fall 2017 )
- Academic department admin
has to coordinate among each
- ther to develop schedule
- Room assignment happens at
the end of the process create dispute for desirable time and space
- More academic department
control
Centralized Scheduling
(Fall 2008 to Fall 2016)
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Current NJIT Scheduling Model Hybrid
( Spring 2018 to current)
- Centralized Freshmen Scheduling
- Decentralized Upper level and Graduate courses
- Disconnect between Freshmen and Upper Level
course
- Insufficient time available to vet the schedule prior to
posting on the web
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Schedule Modifications Requests
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Centralized Decentralized Hybrid Schedule December January February Registrar reviews submission and creates fall schedule (all population) taking into consideration all space limitations, curriculum conflict-free blocks and faculty avaibilities. Registrar reviews submission and creates freshman fall schedule taking into consideration all space limitations, curriculum conflict-free blocks and faculty avaibilities. March Fall schedule is distributed to the academic department for review
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Registration April May to September Negotiation for space and conflict-free schedules among department continues until fall schedule opens. Fall Schedule Timeline Academic Department submit faculty and course information. Academic Department creates schedules based on faculty and departmental needs. Registrar takes department created schedules and assigns
- rooms. Department has to re-
assgn faculty when rooms are not available. Departments negotiate among each other for available space. Fall schedule is distributed to the academic department for review two weeks prior to April Registration. Academic Department submit freshman faculty and course information. Academic Department create schedules based on faculty and departmental needs for upper level undergraduate and gradate level classes. Registrar takes department created schedules and assigns rooms. Department has to re-assgn faculty when room are not available. Departments negotiate among each other for available
- space. Fall schedule is distributed to the academic
department for review two weeks prior to April Registration. Negotiation for space and conflict- free schedules among department continues until fall schedule opens. Limited changes as needed
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