The Admissions Directors Lunchcast

One of the oldest debate in admissions plays out on this week's episode of the Lunchcast: do Scholarship Days enroll more students, or reward the students already enrolling?  This week, we're joined by Seth Harris, Managing Director of Analytics at the Education Advisory Board and Whitney Rundell, Director of Admissions at Northland College to share their thoughts and perspectives.

Getting students, parents, admissions counselors, and financial aid counselors together to discuss financial aid is a perennial challenge for Admissions Directors.  This week, we're joined by Andre Douglas, Director of Graduation Plus College Access & Success Services and Mai Nhia Xiong-Chan, Vice President of Enrollment Management at Hamline University to discuss the best approaches to g...

As if yield season wasn't challenging enough - throw in virtual visit days, limited travel, and economic uncertainty.  This week, we're joined by Michelle Borleske, Director of College Counseling at the Gregory Schools, and Meghan Cooley, of Meghan Cooley Consulting to discuss the approaches to take this year.

Each spring, an admissions team must decide how to allocate their most precious resource: an admissions counselor's time.  This week, we're joined by Adrian Flores, College Transition Coordinator at the Carmen Schools, and Brian Troyer, Dean of Admissions at Marquette University to discuss when, how, and why we should be segmenting messages and events.  

Clear your Tuesday lunch hours this spring to take a meeting with Nathan and Teege.  Each week, we'll bring in two guests to discuss a topic directly related to the work of College Admissions Directors.   Our hope is that by the end of your lunch, you'll have picked up some new ideas and tactics that you can implement immediately - perhaps as early as this afternoon.