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March 2004

March 2004
IN THIS ISSUE
The Applicant Interview Returns
$5,000 Awards Entice Students to Get Involved
'HAWK Link' Program Boosts Minority Students' Success
Parents' Most Common College Search Activity: Talking With Other Parents

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The Applicant Interview Returns
Some selective colleges are facing an admissions problem other types of institutions might wish they had — that all of the applicants look so great on paper, it’s hard to tell them apart.

$5,000 Awards Entice Students
You can offer students a rich variety of co-curricular, out-of-class learning experiences, but how can you encourage them to participate? More than 60 percent of first-year students and nearly half of seniors report never working with faculty on activities other than classwork, according to the latest results of the National Survey of Student Engagement.

As Program Grows, So Does Minority Student Success
In 1998, administrators at the University of Kansas set to work on a troubling trend — a first-to-second-year retention rate for students of color that was 12 percent lower than other students’.

Don’t Cancel That Class
When University of Cincinnati faculty members leave campus to attend a conference or another scheduled event, they don’t have to cancel class. They can contact UC’s Wellness Center and arrange for wellness staff to come to class and conduct a session on a health topic of the faculty member’s choosing.

Newswire
Early-Decision Increases May Be Tapering Off; University Unveils Early Graduate Admission Plan; UM Sees Sharp Decline in Minority Applications; Christian College Enrollment Growth Outpaces Four-Years’; Small Colleges Cut Tuition to Increase Enrollment; Students Examine Mental Health Services

Faculty Mentoring Boosts Online Enrollment and Retention
By mentoring new online instructors, Felician College in New Jersey has improved the enrollment and retention numbers in its online graduate program.

Showcasing Undergraduate Research
As the government, the public, and parents make greater calls for colleges and universities to offer students real-world, experiential learning, more campuses are becoming interested in showing off the results of such opportunities.

Resources
Students in Transition Teleconferences; Recruiting and Retaining Students of Color; Race Relations Report