July 2005

Recruitment & Retention July 2005 full issue PDF
…

10 Predictions for the Adult Student Market
Many of the forces that will shape the adult learner market in the next few years already exist, says the president of a company that specializes in helping institutions recruit and retain adult students.

Working Group Seeks Input on XML Transcripts
The Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council launched a working group in late May to propose a format for a standard, national XML high school transcript. The ultimate goal is to make processing admissions applications easier by creating a common transcript language among high schools and postsecondary institutions.

Changing Parent Demands Fuel State FERPA Waiver Plan
It’s not new that some campuses ask incoming students to sign privacy waivers that allow their parents access to their educational records. What is new is how strong parent demand for access—and student willingness to grant it—has become. Tennessee, for example, is poised to make such waiver programs mandatory statewide.

Institute Will Create Retention Clearinghouse
The Educational Policy Institute, a non-profit organization that focuses on educational opportunity, has announced the creation of a national clearinghouse for student retention information.

Newswire
Study Explores the Impact of Affirmative Action; Race Had Little Force in Shaping New Berkeley Class; Students Forget the ‘Science’ in Forensic Science; Students Take Out Higher-Interest Loans, Despite Risks

Resources
Educational Attainment and Race; Best Practices for First-Year Students; Educating the Net Generation; Conference: Multiculturalism and Change; Creating Conditions for Student Success; Condition of Education 2005; Student Recruitment and Retention Conference; Strategic Integrated Marketing Conference; Census Bureau Enrollment Report