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Student Trajectories for Enrollment Forecasting, Management, and Planning. The AIR Professional File, Spring 2021. Article 153
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Bowman, R. Alan – Association for Institutional Research, 2021
The School of Management (SOM) at Union Graduate College (UGC) used student trajectories to forecast both individual course and total enrollments within and across various student categories. (The term "trajectory" refers to the enrollment pattern of the average student in a particular category.) The trajectories and the resultant…
Descriptors: Enrollment Projections, Business Schools, Graduate Students, Enrollment Management
Analyzing Application Yield Data to Forecast Enrollment
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Shelly Stone-Moye – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The decision to enroll in college is not a single choice but rather the final step of a much longer process in which students make a series of choices regarding how to think about, research, and decide on enrolling. Traditionally, enrollment managers have used the enrollment funnel as a model to focus resources and efforts on acquiring and…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Community Colleges, Enrollment Influences, Decision Making
Higher Education Enrollment Theories: Setting Context for Enrollment Projections
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Perez-Vergara, Kelly – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2019
Projecting higher education enrollments requires a thorough understanding of the phenomena that impact student enrollment. Popular theories that have been used to project enrollment include human capital theory and consumer choice theory; more than a dozen other theories have also been cited in the literature. This article situates selected…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment Projections, Educational Theories, Human Capital
Admissions Practice Snapshot: Results of the AACRAO November 2018 60-Second Survey
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American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2018
With the continued support of membership, this is the fourth year that American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) has conducted 60-Second Surveys. The purpose of these snapshot surveys is to gather a broad-brush stroke perspective on practice. With that in mind, it is understood that the way the questions are…
Descriptors: College Admission, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, Proprietary Schools
Admission Practice Snapshot: Results of the AACRAO July 2015 60 Second Survey
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American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2015
The purpose of the July 2015 60 Second Survey was to gain a snapshot understanding of a handful of admission practices that were suggested as topics of interest by the membership. Data cleaning resulted in 808 usable responses representing a variety of institutional types, sizes, controls and locations, with the majority representing U.S. and…
Descriptors: College Admission, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, Proprietary Schools
Strategic Enrollment Management: Transforming Higher Education
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Bontrager, Bob; Ingersoll, Doris; Ingersoll, Ronald – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2012
As external forces demand change in the delivery of postsecondary education and institutions seek to take advantage of new opportunities, the potential for achieving higher levels of student and institutional success is vast. New technologies, communication tools, data use, and organizational constructs present key factors in improving the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment Management, Educational Change, Strategic Planning