YCBK 417: Colleges are Perplexed at How to Get More Males To Apply and EnrollYCBK 417: Colleges are Perplexed at How to Get More Males To Apply and Enroll [Transcript]YCBK 418: Lessons Learned From SACAC, College Visits and Meetings with Admission Officers
Introduction :
- Mark gives a recap of some of his key takeaways from the SACAC conference
- Mark shares some key takeaways from college visits and from conversation with reps
- Mark looks at what may look like perplexing admissions decisions for about a dozen students School Match 4U counselors worked with and he discusses the reasons why this surprising decisions happen
- Lynda interviews Marjorie Betley, the Senior Associate Director of Admission at the University of Chicago, and the Executive Director of Admissions at the STARS College Network, and they discuss the STARS College Network for the next three Mondays. STARS is an acronym for Small Towns and Rural Student-Part 2 of 3
Marjorie Betley-The STARS Network. Preview-Part 2:
- Marjorie gets into the nuts and bolts of what STARS actually does to recruit students and she shares a lot of very creative ways that the 16 colleges in the STARS network are using
- Marjorie talks about how important School Profiles are to assist admission officers in accurately reading admission files from their schools
- Marjorie talks ways in which the STARS Network tries to educate rural students about what the opportunities are for their students
- Marjorie explains how Khan Academy and School House can help rural students
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