2008 Woodie Awards
Miami increases Honors Program recruitment
Austin R. Fast
Issue date: 11/16/07 Section: Campus
The Honors and Scholars Program at Miami University may see a rise in applicants and applicant diversity over the next few years as a result of increased recruitment efforts by the Office
of Admission.
According to minutes from the Sept. 28 Honors and Scholars advisory committee meeting approved at the Nov. 5 university senate meeting, the Office of Admission purchased 43,000 additional names of prospective high school students along with the 20,000 names that are usually purchased from the SAT and ACT testing companies.
Laurie Koehler, director of the Office of Admission, explained that this increased number of prospective student names was in response to changes in population in various areas of the nation.
"This is part of a much larger initiative to grow our prospect pool," Koehler said. "When we came on board, we started reaching out to parts of the country where we were not receiving many applications from, especially parts of the country with significant growth over the next few years, especially in the south and west, which tend to not be our biggest draw states."
According to Koehler, as the populations of certain states have grown and changed, Miami has kept purchasing the same amount of names, restricting Miami from sending out information to large portions of prospective students. These additional 43,000 names will allow Miami to reach out to
those students.
Koehler also said she believes that this will help to diversify Miami's applicant pool as the states with significant growth, such as Colorado and Georgia, have large numbers of
multicultural students. She hopes that these additional names will attract more first generation college students, multicultural students and honors students to Miami.
Koehler explained that the Provost's Office has been incredibly supportive of this campaign and
provided the funding to purchase these additional names.
Kristy Burton, associate director for enrollment management for the Honors and Scholars Program, explained that the Honors and Scholars Program receives the names of high-ability students directly from the Office of Admission.
of Admission.
According to minutes from the Sept. 28 Honors and Scholars advisory committee meeting approved at the Nov. 5 university senate meeting, the Office of Admission purchased 43,000 additional names of prospective high school students along with the 20,000 names that are usually purchased from the SAT and ACT testing companies.
Laurie Koehler, director of the Office of Admission, explained that this increased number of prospective student names was in response to changes in population in various areas of the nation.
"This is part of a much larger initiative to grow our prospect pool," Koehler said. "When we came on board, we started reaching out to parts of the country where we were not receiving many applications from, especially parts of the country with significant growth over the next few years, especially in the south and west, which tend to not be our biggest draw states."
According to Koehler, as the populations of certain states have grown and changed, Miami has kept purchasing the same amount of names, restricting Miami from sending out information to large portions of prospective students. These additional 43,000 names will allow Miami to reach out to
those students.
Koehler also said she believes that this will help to diversify Miami's applicant pool as the states with significant growth, such as Colorado and Georgia, have large numbers of
multicultural students. She hopes that these additional names will attract more first generation college students, multicultural students and honors students to Miami.
Koehler explained that the Provost's Office has been incredibly supportive of this campaign and
provided the funding to purchase these additional names.
Kristy Burton, associate director for enrollment management for the Honors and Scholars Program, explained that the Honors and Scholars Program receives the names of high-ability students directly from the Office of Admission.
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Miami Prof
posted 11/19/07 @ 2:01 PM EST
So Miami is putting more money and effort into attracting more out of state, white, suburban kids from upper income brackets--have no illusions about who is going to dominate these purchased lists. (Continued…)
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