In this week’s episode you will hear

In the News (3:35): Mark and Julia answer a question about how colleges evaluate the rigor of under-resourced high schools that do not have many AP courses (Length 25 minutes)

This week’s question (28:44): Our roundtable is back (Hillary, Susan, Julia, Vince and Mark) and we discuss a question from Alison from Ohio about Cum Laude and the Honors section (Length 10 minutes)

This week’s interview (38:12): Mark interviews Stephen Burd, Editor of the book, Lifting the Veil on Enrollment Management, and Don Hossler, one of the major contributors to the book. Preview of Part 2

• Don shares the positive side of Enrollment Management
• I ask Don some very tough ethical questions about standard enrollment management practices, and he shares his view on whether these practices are ethical or not
• Stephen speaks up about what he finds troubling
• Don chimes in and tells us what a Mondo Scholarship is, and he explains why he has such a massive issue with Mondo scholarships
• Don talks about the enormous pressure that senior admissions leaders are under to bring in net tuition revenue and achieve almost impossible goals, and he talks about the turnover rate in the profession
• Stephen talks about what he refers to as the perverse incentive structure that enrollment management fosters and I push back and ask Stephen some tough questions to bring out another way to look at things
• Don and Stephen talk about the role US News has played in making things worse (Length 31 minutes)

Mark’s recommended resource of the week (52:05): Mama Bear legal forms

College Spotlight (1:09:55): University of South Carolina Part 1 of 3 with Mark and Lisa

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