Enrollment Growth University: Higher Education

Tina McEntire, Associate Provost at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, discusses how their Gold Rush micro-grant program keeps students from stopping out late in their program for financial reasons, and how 95% of micro-grant recipients at UNC-Charlotte have either successfully graduated or are on track to do so.

Michael Price, Chief Enrollment Officer at North Central University, discusses how institutions can get creative with employer partnerships, and specifically how religiously-affiliated institutions can partner with churches on enrollment growth initiatives.

Dr. Matt Bergman, Assistant Professor at University of Louisville, discusses why when it comes to recruiting adult students, rather than giving them another chance to earn their degree, we need to ask them to give us another chance.

Dr. Nicholas Colvard, Lecturer and Academic Coach in the Division of Academic Enhancement at University of Georgia, discusses both the potential economic and academic benefits of Open Educational Resources (OER) and the results of their latest findings re: OER at University of Georgia.

Anthony Collamati, Associate Professor of New Media Studies at Alma College discusses how collaborative learning technologies like Google’s new Jamboard can help salvage the best parts of the traditional liberal arts experience in a higher ed world that’s quickly migrating online.

Dr. James Smith, President of Eastern Michigan University, discusses how they’re looking to stay competitive with international recruitment in a politically challenging market with their TRUEMU global rate tuition plan.

Gareth Fowles, Vice President for Enrollment Management at Lynn University, discusses why higher ed needs to follow the lead of customer-service oriented companies from other industries when it comes to student support.

Jay Jacobs, Director of Enrollment Management and Admission Operations at University of Miami discusses their multi-tiered approach to increasing student yield.

Dr. Scott Dalrymple, President of Columbia College, discusses how they’re working to improve price transparency for Columbia students with their no-fees all-in “Truition” model.

Dr. Timothy Renick, Sr. Vice President for Student Success at Georgia State University, discusses the tech-enabled high-touch strategies that have helped raise their 6-year graduation rate from 32% to 54%.