Admissions sites earn poor grades.PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AREN'T ALL THAT PICKY pick·y adj. pick·i·er, pick·i·est Informal Excessively meticulous; fussy. picky Adjective [pickier, pickiest] Brit, Austral & NZ ABOUT THEIR admissions websites expectations--namely easy navigation and functions like campus visit scheduling. Yet, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the 7th annual Enrollment Power Index (EPI EPI exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. ) from the National Research Center for College & University Admissions (NRCCUA NRCCUA National Research Center for College and University Admissions ), they aren't likely to find everything they need. "No site has ever met 100 percent of the functional criteria indicated by [NRCCUA] research," says Ron Morris Ron Morris (born 27 April 1935) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He competed for the United States in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the pole vault where he won the silver medal. , director of admissions marketing research at the organization. This year, the study used 28 criteria and awarded mostly Cs and Ds to the more than 3,000 institutions examined. And that was with grading on a curve. "Prospective students keep raising the bar," notes Morris, "as they become familiar with functions at commercial sites." He reminds administrators that improving a site--say, by ensuring that all pages can be reached from any given admissions page--doesn't necessarily take a whole lot of time. "Colleges and universities have a real opportunity to stand out, if they examine what they're doing and make the necessary changes," he adds. Sarah Coen, director of Admissions at number-one rated Transylvania University History Transylvania University has a long, notable and complicated history that touches a number of former and subsequent institutions of higher learning. The Early Years: Transylvania University and Kentucky University The school is named Transylvania in Lexington, Ky., sees easy site navigation as crucial. "If [students] can't find what they're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. in a matter of seconds, they move on," she says. The student testimonials on Transy's site are popular, and the online visit-planning sheet helps both prospective students and staff. Future plans for Transy's site include giving applicants their own personal, secure sites, as well as enhancing the current students' blogs, Coen reports. As all schools look to the future, Morris offers a heads up about what will soon be expected of all admissions sites: instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or with counselors, virtual 360-degree campus tours, and live web cams. The EPI report sells for $995 at www.nrccua.org. MAKING THE GRADE (OR NOT) Number of Institutions A 130 B 573 C 1,363 D 620 F 354 Grade Earned * * Grades are based on examination of admissions websites; because no sites scored in the 90s on a 100-point scale, letter grades were adjusted accordingly. Highest-Rated Admissions Websites 1. Transylvania University (Ky.) 2. Le Tourneau University (Texas) 3. Salem College (N.C.) 4. Capital University (Ohio) 5. Lewis University (Ill.) 6. University of New Orleans 7. Trinity Christian College (Ill.) 8. James Madison University (Va.) 9. Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne 10. Georgia Southwestern State University SOURCE: 7th Annual Enrollment Power Index, NRCCUA, www.NRCCUA.org |
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