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RE:[tips] Anonymous Post

2011-03-22 Thread Deborah S. Briihl

This seems like something better suited for students to do than faculty. I know 
several places that have students call up asking for money for alumni - I think 
something like that could be set up for students.



Deborah Briihl, PhD
Dept. of Psychology and Counseling
Valdosta State University
229-333-5994
dbri...@valdosta.edu

From: Annette Taylor [tay...@sandiego.edu]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 3:08 PM
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Subject: [tips] Anonymous Post




Anonymous post
Our institution is experiencing a decline in enrollment and as a way to reverse 
this trend the administration is asking faculty members to call prospective 
students. They provide the faculty with a short friendly script, which in no 
way directly encourages the student to enroll. It simply asks the student 
whether s/he has questions and to feel free to contact the faculty member or 
institution if questions about the school or program arise.
Some faculty members endorse the effort while others see it as a ill-conceived 
strategy that might not only be counterproductive, but that also demeans the 
profession.
What are your thoughts on this type of strategy? Is there evidence that phone 
calls by faculty members to prospective students increase the number of 
applicants who end up enrolling in an institution?
Any thoughts and comments would be greatly appreciated.



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Robert Flint wrote, "It is a slippery slope! We have been asked/required to
participate in an increasingly growing number of such events over the years.
While I agree that some recruitment-/conversion-/retention-related activity is
ok, we are now asked to cover approximately 7 3-hr accepted student/transfer
advising days over the summer during which we are not under contract, plus
another 6 or so prospective student and early acceptance events during the
normal fall/spring academic year."

At my University, Dept. chairs are under a 12 month contract and when I was
chair I did many of these sessions. But in the years since I have continued to
do some of these events regardless of whether I was under summer contract.
Frankly, I view myself as a full time employee and member of the department for
12 months a year and I get a bit irritated when a faculty members begs off a
chore because "I'm not paid over the summer." We are full time professionals
and should act that way. Of course, if one is away on a summer vacation or
otherwise unable to participate in such activities, that's perfectly fine. But
to demur simply because one is technically not being paid over the summer
strikes me as a bit disingenuous. I assume that we all accept our medical and
other benefits over the summer so let's not be quite so selective.

All that being said, I agree that the number of events Robert mentions is quite
excessive and goes well beyond what could be reasonably expected of faculty
whether they are under summer contract or not. I also agree with others who
have said that there are tasks from which we might gracefully bow out. I would
not, for example, readily agree to phone students for chats. Phone
communication is not my forte (just ask my wife about my typically monosyllabic
responses to her calls) and I would probably scare off the poor dears.

Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
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Re: [tips] Anonymous Post

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Specht

I have yet to have an administrator help me grade student papers when asked ;-)

I don't have anything against helping with the success of "my" school; but I 
would rather spend time helping students in my classes, doing my scholarly work 
or reading to become a better professor. Seems like the administrations at many 
schools find it appropriate to keep dumping responsibilities on faculty (and 
other "staff") when they appear to be faltering with their administrative 
duties (ouch!). I also get a little annoyed when "consultants" are paid loads 
of money for services rendered (and their time and professional expertise); yet 
faculty often seem to be asked to  provide services and "do time" without 
adequate compensation.
I don't want to come across as non-helpful. I actually love being part of 
"prospective student days" here at UC. But there is a bit of potential "slide" 
down the slippery slope about which some healthy concern might be appropriate.
-S



Steven M. Specht, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Utica College
Utica, NY 13502
(315) 792-3171
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"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and 
convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Martin Luther King Jr.

On Mar 21, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Michael Smith wrote:

> H.
> 
> Did faculty really go to school for umpteen years in order to be a recruiter?
> 
> Would administration expect a distinguished Harvard law professor to
> be calling students and recruiting?
> 
> Perhaps we are not all distinguished Harvard law professors, but does
> that mean we should be given less respect?
> 
> --Mike
> 
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie
>  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Service obligations are always a slippery slope. The administration would
>> like you (us) to do more and faculty would (generally in my experience) like
>> to do less. I think that is a generally tension that can be handled (better
>> or worse) by asking for volunteers, spreading the work across departments
>> and faculty within the departments, giving some of it to the chair (e.g.,
>> answering questions about the program, meeting with  students), and paying
>> people (our faculty who advice students over the summer are faculty who are
>> paid and who volunteered).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I think the anonymous poster was asking whether there was something
>> fundamentally wrong or different about this type of service (as opposed to
>> all the millions of others small and big service activities faculty do).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Marie
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D.
>> Associate Professor of Psychology
>> Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360
>> 
>> Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011)
>> http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: FLINT, ROBERT [mailto:fli...@mail.strose.edu]
>> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:16
>> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
>> Subject: RE: [tips] Anonymous Post
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> It is a slippery slope! We have been asked/required to participate in an
>> increasingly growing number of such events over the years. While I agree
>> that some recruitment-/conversion-/retention-related activity is ok, we are
>> now asked to cover approximately 7 3-hr accepted student/transfer advising
>> days over the summer during which we are not under contract, plus another 6
>> or so prospective student and early acceptance events during the normal
>> fall/spring academic year.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Rob Flint
>> 
>> -
>> 
>> Robert W. Flint, Jr., Ph.D.
>> 
>> Professor of Psychology
>> 
>> The College of Saint Rose
>> 
>> Albany, NY 12203-1490
>> 
>> 518-458-5379
>> 
>> fli...@strose.edu
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: Helweg-Larsen, Marie [mailto:helw...@dickinson.edu]
>> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 4:04 AM
>> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
>> Subject: RE: [tips] Anonymous Post
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I don’t think there is anything fundamentally wrong with having faculty help
>> with recruitment. Faculty already help with recruitment in other ways (at
&

Re: [tips] Anonymous Post

2011-03-21 Thread Michael Smith

H.

Did faculty really go to school for umpteen years in order to be a recruiter?

Would administration expect a distinguished Harvard law professor to
be calling students and recruiting?

Perhaps we are not all distinguished Harvard law professors, but does
that mean we should be given less respect?

--Mike

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie
 wrote:
>
>
> Service obligations are always a slippery slope. The administration would
> like you (us) to do more and faculty would (generally in my experience) like
> to do less. I think that is a generally tension that can be handled (better
> or worse) by asking for volunteers, spreading the work across departments
> and faculty within the departments, giving some of it to the chair (e.g.,
> answering questions about the program, meeting with  students), and paying
> people (our faculty who advice students over the summer are faculty who are
> paid and who volunteered).
>
>
>
> I think the anonymous poster was asking whether there was something
> fundamentally wrong or different about this type of service (as opposed to
> all the millions of others small and big service activities faculty do).
>
>
>
> Marie
>
>
>
> 
> Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Psychology
> Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360
>
> Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011)
> http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html
> 
>
>
>
> From: FLINT, ROBERT [mailto:fli...@mail.strose.edu]
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:16
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> Subject: RE: [tips] Anonymous Post
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> It is a slippery slope! We have been asked/required to participate in an
> increasingly growing number of such events over the years. While I agree
> that some recruitment-/conversion-/retention-related activity is ok, we are
> now asked to cover approximately 7 3-hr accepted student/transfer advising
> days over the summer during which we are not under contract, plus another 6
> or so prospective student and early acceptance events during the normal
> fall/spring academic year.
>
>
>
> Rob Flint
>
> -
>
> Robert W. Flint, Jr., Ph.D.
>
> Professor of Psychology
>
> The College of Saint Rose
>
> Albany, NY 12203-1490
>
> 518-458-5379
>
> fli...@strose.edu
>
>
>
> From: Helweg-Larsen, Marie [mailto:helw...@dickinson.edu]
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 4:04 AM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> Subject: RE: [tips] Anonymous Post
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I don’t think there is anything fundamentally wrong with having faculty help
> with recruitment. Faculty already help with recruitment in other ways (at
> least I do) such as by hosting prospective students in their classes,
> meeting with them, answering questions from them about the psychology
> program, etc. I’ve also given talks to visiting families (with my students
> about faculty-student research). A lot of colleges “sell” close
> faculty-student contact as one of their primary assets so getting a call or
> an email from a faculty member congratulating them on getting accepted is a
> way to reinforce that. It is also (I suspect) more meaningful to correspond
> with a specific faculty member instead of a staff person in admissions (at
> least about psychology related issues). Does it actually help? – I have no
> idea. I think the admissions people figure that personal contact is likely
> to make students feel welcome.
>
>
>
> Of course it should be voluntary (at a place I used to work, one faculty
> member said that she was pretty sure that her call discouraged students from
> attending because she was so awkward on the phone).
>
>
>
> Marie
>
>
>
> 
> Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Psychology
> Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360
>
> Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011)
> http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html
> 
>
>
>
> From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 22:24
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> Subject: RE: [tips] Anonymous Post
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Oh, it was not my post! But that's OK. It is someone else on tips who wanted
> to remain anonymous. I just want to clarify that this is NOT happening at my
> institution. Just for the record!
>
>
>
> I didn't realize that if I left off my

RE: [tips] Anonymous Post

2011-03-21 Thread Helweg-Larsen, Marie

Service obligations are always a slippery slope. The administration would like 
you (us) to do more and faculty would (generally in my experience) like to do 
less. I think that is a generally tension that can be handled (better or worse) 
by asking for volunteers, spreading the work across departments and faculty 
within the departments, giving some of it to the chair (e.g., answering 
questions about the program, meeting with  students), and paying people (our 
faculty who advice students over the summer are faculty who are paid and who 
volunteered).

I think the anonymous poster was asking whether there was something 
fundamentally wrong or different about this type of service (as opposed to all 
the millions of others small and big service activities faculty do).

Marie


Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360
Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011)
http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html


From: FLINT, ROBERT [mailto:fli...@mail.strose.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:16
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Anonymous Post




It is a slippery slope! We have been asked/required to participate in an 
increasingly growing number of such events over the years. While I agree that 
some recruitment-/conversion-/retention-related activity is ok, we are now 
asked to cover approximately 7 3-hr accepted student/transfer advising days 
over the summer during which we are not under contract, plus another 6 or so 
prospective student and early acceptance events during the normal fall/spring 
academic year.

Rob Flint
-
Robert W. Flint, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
The College of Saint Rose
Albany, NY 12203-1490
518-458-5379
fli...@strose.edu

From: Helweg-Larsen, Marie [mailto:helw...@dickinson.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 4:04 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Anonymous Post




I don't think there is anything fundamentally wrong with having faculty help 
with recruitment. Faculty already help with recruitment in other ways (at least 
I do) such as by hosting prospective students in their classes, meeting with 
them, answering questions from them about the psychology program, etc. I've 
also given talks to visiting families (with my students about faculty-student 
research). A lot of colleges "sell" close faculty-student contact as one of 
their primary assets so getting a call or an email from a faculty member 
congratulating them on getting accepted is a way to reinforce that. It is also 
(I suspect) more meaningful to correspond with a specific faculty member 
instead of a staff person in admissions (at least about psychology related 
issues). Does it actually help? - I have no idea. I think the admissions people 
figure that personal contact is likely to make students feel welcome.

Of course it should be voluntary (at a place I used to work, one faculty member 
said that she was pretty sure that her call discouraged students from attending 
because she was so awkward on the phone).

Marie


Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360
Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011)
http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html


From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 22:24
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Anonymous Post




Oh, it was not my post! But that's OK. It is someone else on tips who wanted to 
remain anonymous. I just want to clarify that this is NOT happening at my 
institution. Just for the record!

I didn't realize that if I left off my sig line that it would still be linked 
to me, LOL. I posted this as a courtesy to another tipster.

Annette

Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D.
Professor, Psychological Sciences
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
tay...@sandiego.edu<mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu>

From: don allen [dap...@shaw.ca]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 12:26 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Anonymous Post


Hi Annette-

I don't know whether there are data which show that these types of faculty 
contacts boost (or hinder) recruitment. That said, I always resisted 
management's attempts to get faculty to "market" their "product". I have no 
training in sales and marketing and I don't think that it should be part of the 
job description (unless, of course, you are teaching sales & marketing). I 
think that efforts like these reflect two things: A panic mentality in 
administrator

RE: [tips] Anonymous Post

2011-03-21 Thread FLINT, ROBERT

It is a slippery slope! We have been asked/required to participate in an 
increasingly growing number of such events over the years. While I agree that 
some recruitment-/conversion-/retention-related activity is ok, we are now 
asked to cover approximately 7 3-hr accepted student/transfer advising days 
over the summer during which we are not under contract, plus another 6 or so 
prospective student and early acceptance events during the normal fall/spring 
academic year.

Rob Flint
-
Robert W. Flint, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
The College of Saint Rose
Albany, NY 12203-1490
518-458-5379
fli...@strose.edu

From: Helweg-Larsen, Marie [mailto:helw...@dickinson.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 4:04 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Anonymous Post




I don't think there is anything fundamentally wrong with having faculty help 
with recruitment. Faculty already help with recruitment in other ways (at least 
I do) such as by hosting prospective students in their classes, meeting with 
them, answering questions from them about the psychology program, etc. I've 
also given talks to visiting families (with my students about faculty-student 
research). A lot of colleges "sell" close faculty-student contact as one of 
their primary assets so getting a call or an email from a faculty member 
congratulating them on getting accepted is a way to reinforce that. It is also 
(I suspect) more meaningful to correspond with a specific faculty member 
instead of a staff person in admissions (at least about psychology related 
issues). Does it actually help? - I have no idea. I think the admissions people 
figure that personal contact is likely to make students feel welcome.

Of course it should be voluntary (at a place I used to work, one faculty member 
said that she was pretty sure that her call discouraged students from attending 
because she was so awkward on the phone).

Marie


Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360
Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011)
http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html


From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 22:24
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Anonymous Post




Oh, it was not my post! But that's OK. It is someone else on tips who wanted to 
remain anonymous. I just want to clarify that this is NOT happening at my 
institution. Just for the record!

I didn't realize that if I left off my sig line that it would still be linked 
to me, LOL. I posted this as a courtesy to another tipster.

Annette

Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D.
Professor, Psychological Sciences
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
tay...@sandiego.edu<mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu>

From: don allen [dap...@shaw.ca]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 12:26 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Anonymous Post


Hi Annette-

I don't know whether there are data which show that these types of faculty 
contacts boost (or hinder) recruitment. That said, I always resisted 
management's attempts to get faculty to "market" their "product". I have no 
training in sales and marketing and I don't think that it should be part of the 
job description (unless, of course, you are teaching sales & marketing). I 
think that efforts like these reflect two things: A panic mentality in 
administrators and a desire for free labour. If management really thinks that 
this is a productive way to increase enrollment then they should hire 
professionals to do the job.

-Don.

- Original Message -
From: Annette Taylor 
Date: Sunday, March 20, 2011 12:09 pm
Subject: [tips] Anonymous Post
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 

> Anonymous post
> Our institution is experiencing a decline in enrollment and as a
> way to reverse this trend the administration is asking faculty
> members to call prospective students. They provide the faculty
> with a short friendly script, which in no way directly
> encourages the student to enroll. It simply asks the student
> whether s/he has questions and to feel free to contact the
> faculty member or institution if questions about the school or
> program arise.
> Some faculty members endorse the effort while others see it as a
> ill-conceived strategy that might not only be counterproductive,
> but that also demeans the profession.
> What are your thoughts on this type of strategy? Is there
> evidence that phone calls by faculty members to prospective
> students increase the number of applicants who end up enrolling
> in an institution

RE: [tips] Anonymous Post

2011-03-21 Thread Helweg-Larsen, Marie

I don't think there is anything fundamentally wrong with having faculty help 
with recruitment. Faculty already help with recruitment in other ways (at least 
I do) such as by hosting prospective students in their classes, meeting with 
them, answering questions from them about the psychology program, etc. I've 
also given talks to visiting families (with my students about faculty-student 
research). A lot of colleges "sell" close faculty-student contact as one of 
their primary assets so getting a call or an email from a faculty member 
congratulating them on getting accepted is a way to reinforce that. It is also 
(I suspect) more meaningful to correspond with a specific faculty member 
instead of a staff person in admissions (at least about psychology related 
issues). Does it actually help? - I have no idea. I think the admissions people 
figure that personal contact is likely to make students feel welcome.

Of course it should be voluntary (at a place I used to work, one faculty member 
said that she was pretty sure that her call discouraged students from attending 
because she was so awkward on the phone).

Marie


Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360
Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011)
http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html


From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 22:24
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Anonymous Post




Oh, it was not my post! But that's OK. It is someone else on tips who wanted to 
remain anonymous. I just want to clarify that this is NOT happening at my 
institution. Just for the record!

I didn't realize that if I left off my sig line that it would still be linked 
to me, LOL. I posted this as a courtesy to another tipster.

Annette

Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D.
Professor, Psychological Sciences
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
tay...@sandiego.edu<mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu>

From: don allen [dap...@shaw.ca]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 12:26 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Anonymous Post


Hi Annette-

I don't know whether there are data which show that these types of faculty 
contacts boost (or hinder) recruitment. That said, I always resisted 
management's attempts to get faculty to "market" their "product". I have no 
training in sales and marketing and I don't think that it should be part of the 
job description (unless, of course, you are teaching sales & marketing). I 
think that efforts like these reflect two things: A panic mentality in 
administrators and a desire for free labour. If management really thinks that 
this is a productive way to increase enrollment then they should hire 
professionals to do the job.

-Don.

- Original Message -
From: Annette Taylor 
Date: Sunday, March 20, 2011 12:09 pm
Subject: [tips] Anonymous Post
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 

> Anonymous post
> Our institution is experiencing a decline in enrollment and as a
> way to reverse this trend the administration is asking faculty
> members to call prospective students. They provide the faculty
> with a short friendly script, which in no way directly
> encourages the student to enroll. It simply asks the student
> whether s/he has questions and to feel free to contact the
> faculty member or institution if questions about the school or
> program arise.
> Some faculty members endorse the effort while others see it as a
> ill-conceived strategy that might not only be counterproductive,
> but that also demeans the profession.
> What are your thoughts on this type of strategy? Is there
> evidence that phone calls by faculty members to prospective
> students increase the number of applicants who end up enrolling
> in an institution?
> Any thoughts and comments would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
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RE: [tips] Anonymous Post

2011-03-20 Thread Annette Taylor

Oh, it was not my post! But that's OK. It is someone else on tips who wanted to 
remain anonymous. I just want to clarify that this is NOT happening at my 
institution. Just for the record!

I didn't realize that if I left off my sig line that it would still be linked 
to me, LOL. I posted this as a courtesy to another tipster.

Annette

Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D.
Professor, Psychological Sciences
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
tay...@sandiego.edu<mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu>

From: don allen [dap...@shaw.ca]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 12:26 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Anonymous Post




Hi Annette-

I don't know whether there are data which show that these types of faculty 
contacts boost (or hinder) recruitment. That said, I always resisted 
management's attempts to get faculty to "market" their "product". I have no 
training in sales and marketing and I don't think that it should be part of the 
job description (unless, of course, you are teaching sales & marketing). I 
think that efforts like these reflect two things: A panic mentality in 
administrators and a desire for free labour. If management really thinks that 
this is a productive way to increase enrollment then they should hire 
professionals to do the job.

-Don.

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> Anonymous post
> Our institution is experiencing a decline in enrollment and as a
> way to reverse this trend the administration is asking faculty
> members to call prospective students. They provide the faculty
> with a short friendly script, which in no way directly
> encourages the student to enroll. It simply asks the student
> whether s/he has questions and to feel free to contact the
> faculty member or institution if questions about the school or
> program arise.
> Some faculty members endorse the effort while others see it as a
> ill-conceived strategy that might not only be counterproductive,
> but that also demeans the profession.
> What are your thoughts on this type of strategy? Is there
> evidence that phone calls by faculty members to prospective
> students increase the number of applicants who end up enrolling
> in an institution?
> Any thoughts and comments would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: [tips] Anonymous Post

2011-03-20 Thread don allen

Hi Annette-

I don't know whether there are data which show that these types of faculty 
contacts boost (or hinder) recruitment. That said, I always resisted 
management's attempts to get faculty to "market" their "product". I have no 
training in sales and marketing and I don't think that it should be part of the 
job description (unless, of course, you are teaching sales & marketing). I 
think that efforts like these reflect two things: A panic mentality in 
administrators and a desire for free labour. If management really thinks that 
this is a productive way to increase enrollment then they should hire 
professionals to do the job.

-Don.

- Original Message -
From: Annette Taylor 
Date: Sunday, March 20, 2011 12:09 pm
Subject: [tips] Anonymous Post
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 

> Anonymous post
> Our institution is experiencing a decline in enrollment and as a 
> way to reverse this trend the administration is asking faculty 
> members to call prospective students. They provide the faculty 
> with a short friendly script, which in no way directly 
> encourages the student to enroll. It simply asks the student 
> whether s/he has questions and to feel free to contact the 
> faculty member or institution if questions about the school or 
> program arise.
> Some faculty members endorse the effort while others see it as a 
> ill-conceived strategy that might not only be counterproductive, 
> but that also demeans the profession.
> What are your thoughts on this type of strategy? Is there 
> evidence that phone calls by faculty members to prospective 
> students increase the number of applicants who end up enrolling 
> in an institution?
> Any thoughts and comments would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
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