Admit It sits down with Jackson Boyar, Co-Founder and CEO of Mentor Collective and Stephen Ostendorff, Dean of Admissions of Molloy University and new Mentor Collective partner, to discuss how peer mentorship programs can increase admitted student yield and overall student success.

Resources:
Programs and/or Mentors for Newly Admitted Students: January 2022 | 60-Second Survey

On this Juneteenth Weekend, Dr. Stephanie Krusemark, co-host of the AdmitIt podcast, sits down with Dr. Marybeth Gasman to discuss the history of race and culture embedded within the minority serving institutions in the United States. We discuss the positive impact these institutions have on student success, the realistic challenges of their survival and ability to thrive, and why it’s important to advocate for their sustainability within the larger higher education ecosystem of colleges and universities in the United States and globally.

Dr. Marybeth Gasman is the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education, the Executive Director of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity & Justice, and the Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions at Rutgers University.

RESOURCES
Publications by Dr. Gasman

Doing the Right Thing: How Colleges and Universities Can Undo Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2022).

Educating a Diverse Nation: Lessons from Minority Serving Institutions. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015). 

Relevant Context Material

Consider a College With a Focus on Minority Students, U. S. News and World Report 

Minority Serving Institutions, American Council on Education 

Education Dept. Delivers $1.4 Billion in Stimulus Funds to Minority-Serving Institutions, AACRAO

Biden Unveils FY 2023 Budget Blueprint, AACRAO

Admit It explores the early career paths of admissions and enrollment professionals with four guests:

• Krystin Woodell (UNC Pembroke - Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions),
• Anthony Olaiya Wright (NC State University - Assistant Director of the Goodnight Scholars Program),
• Jacqueline López (NC State University - Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions), and 
• David Stevenson (Appalachian State University - Assistant Director of Admissions for International Admissions). 

Each guests elaborates on their experiences navigating the early admissions and enrollment professional career path and provides insights for listeners on how to develop themselves to get to that next level in their career.

 In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Krusemark, explores the impact of the stress and pressure of continuing to recruit and retain students in the midst of a global crisis on the mental health of admissions, enrollment management professionals, and faculty.

Learn how to maintain good mental health through creativity and collaboration.

Host:
Dr. Stephanie Krusemark
Vice President of Enrollment Management
Iliff School of Theology

Guests:
Dr.  Terry M Davis
Associate Professor and Director, PsyD Program
University of Denver

Julie Schellman
Director of Admissions, Graduate School of Professional Psychology
University of Denver

Season 3 kicks off with a mini episode welcoming back our host -- James Miller -- and introducing Drs. Angela Brokelsby and Stephanie Krusemark.

Admit It sits down with Mark Kopenski, experienced enrollment management professional and principle for Global Student Recruitment Advisors Inc. to discuss a brief history of international student enrollment in the U.S., the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on international students, the deleterious effects of the current political climate, and reasons to be optimistic about the future of globalizing higher education. 

Global Student Recruitment Advisors: https://gsra.org.uk/

Writing by Mark: https://gsra.org.uk/author/mark/

AACRAO's Statement on the ICE ruling on international students learning online

Coverage of the fallout from the ICE ruling on international students learning online: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/07/10/student-visas-ice-international-students/

Our host, James Miller, continues exploring the controversially titled "Noncognitive Assessment" with its creator Dr. William "Bill" Sedlacek. By using these non-traditional measures that have typically not been used to assess human abilities, particularly to predict success in higher education, admissions offices move away from solely defining "best students" by known scales such as gpa, test scores, leadership, involvement, and accomplishments and instead measure more deeply who the people are.

Resources:
A List of Non-Cognitive Assessment Instruments
Community College Research Center

Measuring Noncognitive Variables: Improving Admissions, Success and Retention for Underrepresented Students
by William Selacek

Racism in American Education: A Model for Change
by Glenwood C. Sedlacek, William E.; Brooks

Who are the "best students"?
Our host, James Miller, is back and exploring the controversially titled "Noncognitive Assessment" with its creator Dr. William "Bill" Sedlacek. By using these non-traditional measures that have typically not been used to assess human abilities, particularly to predict success in higher education, admissions offices move away from solely defining "best students" by known scales such as gpa, test scores, leadership, involvement, and accomplishments and instead measure more deeply who the people are.

James Miller chats with Christopher Tremblay, Director of External Relations for the Michigan College Access Network about the admissions based card game, Getting In. In addition to learning about the development of Getting In, Dr. Tremblay discusses the ins and outs of creating a card game, running a Kickstarter, how a card game can make college admissions less stressful, and the history of Walt Disney. 

Related links:

School counselors empirical research

School Counselor Ratio Report 

Getting In Kickstarter

AACRAO SEM Endorsement

Essentials of SEM

Bob Bontrager 

Nirvana was a Tacoma Band

James Miller sits down to chat with Jeff Kallay, Principal and Cofounder of Render Experiences. Jeff has dedicated his life and career to helping colleges better make their campus visits and events tell the authentic story of the experiences students will have on campus. This conversation spans everything from Jeff’s journey to a career in campus visits, the experience economy, the big mistakes colleges make when hosting students and families, how generational differences impact the campus visit, and Jeff’s favorite Pittsburgh Steelers of all time.

 
Lee University: http://www.leeuniversity.edu/

Pine and Gilmore's Experience Economy: https://www.kingsbookstore.com/book/9781422161975

Pine and Gilmore's Strategic Horizons Group: https://strategichorizons.com/

Pew's Generations Research Center: https://www.pewresearch.org/topics/generations-and-age/

A less than definitive list of the greatest Steelers of all time: https://www.ranker.com/list/best-pittsburgh-steelers-of-all-time/ranker-nfl

My favorite Manhattan: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018340-manhattan

Thrice All American by Neko Case: https://open.spotify.com/album/5UiyS9gHzIJ0kiI0E0kEpR