By Maria S. Moten. The sequence of steps that an incoming student must complete in order to enroll in courses at Harper College is known as our “new-student flow.” Research suggests that the lack of structure in how community colleges first enroll students may cause barriers that confuse and overwhelm them. As the researcher Judith Scott-Clayton so aptly put it, by creating many options and opportunities for new students as they enter, we may be unintentionally sending them down a “shapeless river” that we expect them to understand and navigate. More...

By Mary Baxton and Eddie West. International recruitment and admissions have been topics of much interest over the past 20 years. Efforts to develop, fine-tune, and implement international recruitment have led to multiple approaches, budget adjustments, and refinement of philosophy and technique. The days of having a tried-and-true marketing strategy and expecting students to simply arrive at the door of the institution are gone. Developing an international community and building it take time. Colleges cannot expect it to grow overnight. It takes teamwork and partnerships. Each November the Institute of International Education releases its Open Doors report, detailing figures on international students in the United States and American students studying abroad. Last year’s report indicated that 819,644 international students were studying in the United States as of the fall of 2012. More...

By Frank Yanchak. Each year approximately 50,000 students in Ohio transfer from community colleges to four-year colleges before receiving an associate degree. Nearly half of the students who transfer to Franklin University come from a community college. For the past year we have been working with community colleges to award those students credit where it is due. More...

By Beckie Supiano. Fit is a big deal at Brigham Young University, where the admissions office looks for students who share its values academically, socially, and spiritually. To select those students, the university uses a holistic process that three campus officials described here on Monday during a session at the American Association for Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers’ annual meeting. More...

By Beckie Supiano. International students have long come to North Carolina State University for its graduate programs, where they account for about a third of the enrollment. At the undergraduate level, however, they have historically made up less than 1 percent of the student body. The university has been working to change that pattern. During a session here on Wednesday at the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers’ annual meeting, two admissions officials shared what N.C. State has tried so far. More...