Interview 211: Fabrizio D’ Aloisio on “Understanding The University of Tennessee”
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- Fabrizio explains his backstory, including why he chose to come to work at the University of Tennessee
- Mark explains what Fabrizio said to me on him on visit to Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK), which made him want Fabrizio to come on the podcast
- Fabrizio explains the importance of the 3 P’s, and he tells us what the 3 P’s are
- Fabrizio talks about what the regional recruiter does, and he explains how UTK used regionals very effectively to penetrate different markets
- Mark asks Fabrizio a question that has always confounded him about why some admission officers are cynical about the value of Regional Admission officers
- Fabrizio talks about why it takes three years before you see the fruit from your labor from using Regionals to recruit effectively
- Fabrizio talks about whether they plan on adding more Regionals, scaling back on the Regionals or keeping the same number
- Fabrizio talks about the markets where UTK regionals are located
- Fabrizio talks about the markets where the Regionals are having great success
- Fabrizio talks about what factors led UTK to decide to phase out trying to penetrate a market
- Fabrizio talks about the factors they use to determine which markets to try to penetrate with a Recruiter Regional
- Fabrizio talks about the mantra that UTK lives by when it comes to reaching out to Tennessee
- Fabrizio gives the breakdown of the applications that are out of state vs in-state
- Fabrizio talks about what the admit rate was in seven years and what it is now
- Fabrizio and I talk about the fallacy of judging a college by its admit rate
- Fabrizio talks about some of the criticisms that come with all of their growth, and he explains how he handles it
- Fabrizio talks about how they revamped their whole communication system and how that is one of the biggest things that
- Fabrizio talks about how they revamped their tour guide program and how they see the fruit from those changes
- Fabrizio talks about how they started a counselor fly-in program and how they created a counselor advisory board
- Fabrizio explains wh y more schools are not doing the counselor fly-in programs that they are doing.
- Fabrizio talks about how they select which counselors they are flying in
- Fabrizio talks about how they are effectively using technology like texting to move people along the admissions funnel
- Fabrizio answers the question, are they using affinity scores
- Fabrizio answers the question, does he think there will be a growth of public schools
- Fabrizio talks about how Tennessee has leveraged its top 10 percent plan, and he talks about what its top 10 percent plan is
- Fabrizio answers the question, did you tweak your merit scholarship program, and if so, has that helped your growth
- Fabrizio asks whether the growth of Tennessee has helped fuel its growth
- Fabrizio talks about the role of athletic success in helping support pride and tradition
- Fabrizio talks about the alumni network and the role it plays
- Fabrizio talks about the most robust programs in their business department
- Fabrizio talks about two specific engineering programs that are essential
- Fabrizio talks about something that is just for freshmen
- Fabrizio talks about how they don’t care about rankings, but he tells us what they do care about
- Fabrizio talks about several brand-new facilities that are on campus
- Fabrizio talks about the Forensic department that is on campus
- Fabrizio talks about the College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies (CECS), which includes AI, Data Science and Cybersecurity
- Fabrizio talks about data science, cyber-security, Music
- Fabrizio talks about the strength of the Herbert College of Agriculture Department
- Fabrizio talks about Turf grass science, and he talks about a distinguished faculty that is world-renowned
- Fabrizio talks about bio-systems engineering
- Fabrizio answers a question from a college counselor from Atlanta about applying as an undecided major
- Fabrizio talks about what they count in their admissions process
- Fabrizio talks about whether a student lists their college major when they apply
- Fabrizio talks about how test scores factor into their review
- Fabrizio talks about whether he thinks a student should continue doing an activity that they no longer enjoy
- Fabrizio talks about resumes, and he gives advice on when to send one and when not to send one
- Fabrizio gives advice about recommendations
- Fabrizio talks about the importance of being a land grant institution
- Fabrizio explains what it means to be “in profile.”
- Fabrizio talks about how being an in-state applicant impacts the admissions process, and he shares how many students are from Tennessee versus the rest of the country
- Fabrizio shares what some of the institutional priorities are at Tennessee
- Fabrizio shares what percentage of students stay in the state after graduation
- Fabrizio talks about the joint partnership they have established with Arizona State University online
- Fabrizio talks about the renewed emphasis they are putting on transfers and alternative pathways to get to the Knoxville campus
- Fabrizio talks about the partnership with Verto
- Fabrizio talks about what UTK needs to work on to be an even better school
- Fabrizio shares who the most significant overlaps are, and he shares whether this has changed
- Fabrizio talks about how the role of a student-selected major in the college admissions process has changed now that they are more selective, but he says it can change
- Fabrizio goes on the hot seat in our lightning-round
- Fabrizio gives families advice on what to do if you have a question on the SRAR
- Fabrizio tells us why the SRAR creates what he calls “a ton of efficiencies”
