确定你的前景
Strengthen your recruitment pipeline.
- 参加专业会议.
- Visit institutions that are (or could be) good "feeder" schools; present in relevant undergraduate classes or colloquia.
- Maintain communication with your program's graduate alumni, especially those now teaching at other institutions. They are often your best recruiters!
- Send us specific program recruitment materials to take to the graduate fairs and other relevant recruitment events that we attend.
- 提交RFP to the 研究生院 for a recruitment grant to help you achieve your recruitment goals.
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- Prospective students around the world will find your program through organic web searches. Your program will be advertised on pages such as MasterStudies.com, PhDStudies.com, or OnlineStudies.com. 问 尼利.benton@vencorllc.com 要添加您的程序.
- Engage with prospective students on Gradschoolmatch.com. 联系 尼利.benton@vencorllc.com 了解更多信息.
吸引你的潜在客户
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- Be sure information is up-to-date and easily accessible.
- Include faculty information with areas of expertise/research and contact information.
- Include program information: a general description, 注册/尺寸, 专业领域, 研究的机会, 课程交付方式, 选择性, any specific admission requirements, 申请的最后期限, 等.
- Include information on the availability of funding and how to qualify for it.
Be prompt and thorough in your responses to prospective students.
- Answer email and phone messages in a timely manner. 如果合适的话, copy the 研究生院's student recruitment coordinator on your responses for additional follow-up: 尼利.benton@vencorllc.com.
Enlist the help of the 研究生院 recruitment team.
- If you provide us with information on any prospective students with whom you interact, we can enter them into our student database and email communication plan.
- We can assist in the coordination of campus visits for prospects you'd like to bring to campus, 包括沟通, 方向, 停车许可证. We can also meet with them to provide general application and admission info, 还有一次校园参观.
- By including us in your communication with prospective students and applicants, we can provide them with valuable supplementary information to be sure their application and admission review process is smooth and efficient.
Utilize your current graduate students and graduate alumni to further engage prospects; many would be happy to share about their experience in your program.
转化你的潜在客户
Evaluate your application review process to ensure you are capitalizing on promising applicants.
- Consider evaluating applications on a rolling basis and making early offers to strong candidates.
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- Communicate relevant information to the 研究生院 regarding your application review process (for example, if you are holding applications to review for the following semester), so that we can communicate with the applicants accordingly.
Consider sending personalized messages to welcome admitted students to your program.
- Refer admitted students to the 研究生院 for any questions regarding processes to confirm their enrollment, 发送最终成绩单, complete the payroll process for their assistantship, 等. We can also serve as a liaison to other departments for questions regarding housing options, 免疫接种要求, 移民过程, 财务文档, 和更多的.
- 如果资金是个问题, utilize our Grants Consultant to assist you in your grant writing efforts so that you can be more successful in obtaining the necessary funding to offer admission with financial support for desired students.
Connect new admits to current graduate students in your program.
- You could do this through email, Facebook groups, welcome videos with contact information, 等.
Resources to Enhance Your Recruitment Efforts
- 下载 Program PowerPoint Presentation Template.
- If you have available assistantship positions, post them like job opportunities. You can post them to your own webpage, send them to us to post on social media platforms, and send to the Career Center to post on Handshake. We've provided a fillable PDF to make it easy. 下载它 在这里.