Programs & Functions Flashcards

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Enrollment Management

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  • heavily focused on RETENTION, student learning, and college ranking
  • marketing & recruitment
  • concerned with characteristics and total # of all enrolled students
  • be aware of enrollment gaps (i.e., not enough nigh classes for working students)
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Admissions

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-attract and admit college students
-heavily focused on marketing
-assist in successful transition to college
-marketing techniques to track & communicate with prospective students
DUTIES:
-process apps
-conduct tours
-provide referrals to campus resources
-distribute info on admissions procedures, scholarships, and fin. aid
ROLES:
-Gatekeeper: prestigious universities; ensure most qualified encouraged to apply
-Salesperson: lesser known institutions; utilize competitive marketing strategies
-Hybrid: even in prestigious schools, need to get minority representation

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Multicultural Affairs

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  • student support
  • campus education
  • promote change in terms of diversity
  • maintain multicultural centers and activities on campus
  • provide place for students (esp. students of color, minority students, LGBT+ students, and international students) can find support, educational materials, and assistance in integrating into campus community
  • provide social activities
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Academic Advising

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  • create a plan that supports student with academic and social-personal activities
  • help students identify and develop career goal preparation
  • help students seek enriching experiences while at college
  • look at student holistically
  • must build rapport
  • teaching-learning activities
  • stimulate personal and intellectual growth
  • support students
  • keep records and track student progress
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Career Services

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  • provide resources for students through all phases of career development
  • to develop self-knowledge, select suitable academic programs; utilize vocational assessments, and career and life planning classes
  • internships, job shadowing, campus recruiting and jobs fairs
  • resume writing, mock interviews, workshops
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Student Conduct

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  • balance legal rights and educational purposes
  • academic misconduct: violation of rules and academic honesty/integrity
  • restorative justice community: alternative punishment that emphasizes student accountability and community healing
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Orientation

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  • influence student retention & educational and personal development
  • transition
  • first year and transfers
  • Can exist in a day/week program OR as a first year experience course
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Student Activities

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-student govt., student organizations, Greek life, student union programs, Multicultural affairs, leadership development, community service

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Financial Aid

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  • federal aid includes loans, grants, and work-study
  • student determined by cost of attendance minus expected family contributions, minus other sources of assistance (i.e., scholarships)
  • can report to SA or Enrollment Management
  • must understand financial aid rules and regulations
  • policies always changing!
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Residence Life

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  • provide housing and res life programs
  • some issues: safety and security; availability of tech; first-year students in transition programs; living learning communities
  • research shows students who live on campus persist and graduate at higher rates than those who do not
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Counseling Centers and Student Health

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-Counseling centers: deal with adjusting to new environments, planning for future, learning time management and study skills, establish identity, and values clarification
-Health programs: strengthen health and well-being
-medical care
health education
-integrating wellness concept

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Veteran Services

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-provide relaxing place to meet, receive latest veteran benefits info, hold workshops, meet veteran's services orgs
SERVICES:
-GI Bill processing
-Counseling
-Veterans Success on Campus
-Student Veterans Network
-Peer to peer support groups for student vets
-vet org contacts/resources
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Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS)

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  • support services
  • specialized instruction
  • educational accommodations
  • offer over and above services
  • empowers students by encouraging self-advocacy and independence
  • Student Educational Contract (SEC): developed for each student which links goals, curriculum program, and academic accommodations to his/her disability related to educational limitation
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