Enrollment Management Advisory Committee
Strategic Proposals |
Proposal #1: Recruitment
Strategic Area III: Recruit, retain and graduate a vital and
diverse student body that ensures the College’s leadership in women’s education
1. Please submit a brief narrative description of the
proposed request that addresses the following criteria:
Description of the proposal including
title of Task Force and proposal.
EMAC Recruitment Proposal
Saint Mary’s College, the President and the President’s
Cabinet should mandate the development of a campus wide initiative to expand
the efforts to recruit students with diversity being a primary goal.
Research trends in recruitment efforts will be identified
and the current marketing message will be examined.
Design or adjust current marketing efforts to reflect these
findings.
Focus on the talents and skills of SMC employees outside of
the Admission Office in recruitment efforts.
Identify faculty members or administrators fluent in Spanish
to communicate with Hispanic families where English is a second language.
Utilize the athletic department more extensively in the
recruitment of student athletes or to promote life outside the classroom.
Bring high school leaders to campus to work with Student
Government for a day conference.
Continue in efforts to reorganize Fall Day/Spring
Day/Accepted Day to include inside the classroom experiences and other
academically focused programs.
Start tours at times when classes are changing so current
students are visible.
Include tour stops at Intramural events or varsity sporting
events when appropriate.
Identify new buildings and their impact on social life
(student center) or academic life (new academic building).
Concentrate significant resources on recruitment in
Target areas of minority populations.
Justification for the proposal.
i. Why is this activity particularly
important to the College?
It is essential that the entire college commit to the active
recruitment of new students, especially students of color. As has been illustrated graphically in the
last few years, the issue of enrollment is of crucial concern to all
constituents of the college.
ii. What would be the
impact if this proposal is not funded?
Many of the ideas
cited in this proposal require no additional funding. Funding is required for the following:
(c) Focus on the talents and skills of SMC employees outside
of the Admission Office in recruitment efforts
If interested faculty or administrators are recruited for
this effort they must be compensated for their time, either by a course release
or by stipend. Further, the time spent
in recruitment activities should be deemed valuable in considerations of tenure
or promotion. If this proposal is not funded
a pool of talented and energetic individuals outside the admissions office will
not be identified.
Relation of the proposed program to
strategic plan. Related to specific
action detail.
Addresses
Strategic initiative 3.2.2.3-- Develop the Enrollment Management Plan
D. Specific outcomes of the proposal.
i. What results do you anticipate?
Increased
number of qualified applicants
Increased
number of applicants of color
Increased
enrollment
ii.
How will you assess your results?
Number of
applications
Selectivity
Yield
Diversity
statistics
2. Please attach a list of significant items in each of
these categories needed by your proposal:
A. Capital Equipment
Position(s)
One course release for four faculty
members interested in travelling/corresponding with
prospective students and their families.
The duties would be spread over two semesters with a 3-3 teaching load.
Compensation for staff/administrators as
determined by the cabinet.
C. Telecommunications
D.
Contractual services
E. Materials and supplies
Travel
Proposal #2: Retention
Strategic Area III: Recruit, retain and graduate a vital and
diverse student body that ensures the College’s leadership in women’s education
1. Please submit a brief narrative description of the
proposed request that addresses the following criteria:
Description of the proposal including
title of Task Force and proposal.
EMAC
Retention Proposal
Saint Mary's College currently holds an 85-87% retention
rate which is significantly higher than the national average. In order to maintain this level and enrich
the experience of all SMC students it is recommended that a “College 101” class
be created and required of every first year student during her first semester.
In this class
students will focus on two primary issues, life in the classroom and life
outside the classroom. These adjustment
issues are directly related to the happiness and retention of the
students. It is anticipated that
students taking this course will form a relationship with other students in
class and with the person teaching the class, thus creating a support system
necessary for students to feel connected to the College.
The class addresses the academic skills needed to be
successful at SMC.
Writing skills
Study skills
Time management
Class participation and attendance
Addressing a problem in the classroom
Taking exams
Ethical issues
The class addresses the life skills needed to be successful
at SMC.
Living with a roommate
Being away from home and responsible for yourself
Alcohol and other social choices
Student leadership
Diversity
Sexual Assault
Choosing a life plan
This is a non credit class, graded as Pass/Fail.
Maximum of 20 students per section.
A variety of faculty and administrators would teach the
class.
Faculty from a variety of disciplines
Faculty with a strong interest in teaching this class
Administrators such as Directors of Residence Life,
Counseling and Career, Multicultural Affairs, Student Activities, if interested
Each person would be paid $500.00/section taught for the
semester.
Class would be held one day a week for 50 minutes.
It is also expected that the new
Justification for the proposal.
i. Why is this activity particularly important to the
College?
All discussions
of retention by the Enrollment Management Advisory Committee have centered around issues of student morale on campus: roommate
problems, conflict management, general readiness for the college
experience. This course would provide a
built-in support system for every first year student. It would enable the
College to better serve the needs of the students by tracking their progress
and assisting them when necessary.
ii.
What would be the impact if this proposal is not funded?
It would be impossible to establish a course of this nature
without adequate compensation for the individuals involved.
Relation of the proposed program to
strategic plan. Related to specific action detail.
Addresses
Strategic initiative 3.2.2.3-- Develop the Enrollment Management Plan
. Specific outcomes of the proposal.
i. What results do you anticipate?
Higher
rate of retention
Higher degree of happiness with those who persist at the College.
ii.
How will you assess your results?
Retention
statistics
Surveys
2. Please attach a list of significant items in each of
these categories needed by your proposal:
A. Capital Equipment
B. Position(s)
Stipend of
$500 X number of sections (up to 20 students per class)
C. Telecommunications
1. Contractual
services
2. Materials and supplies
D. Copying expenses
E. Travel