Lifecycle admissions overview

New Students of 2015Update

A future approach to Admissions:

The time is NowBoard of Trustees

February 25, 2017Jim Goecker

Vice President of Enrollment Management

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May 2013 BOT meeting: Enrollment Management Update – Next Year

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Presentation to the Student Affairs and Enrollment Committee, September, 2015: Admissions Framework

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Questions posed at September 2015 BOT meeting (How a class is formed: “What’s Next? – An Opportunity!)

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Historic approach

Originally, virtually all criteria focused on academic measures• test scores• grades in required mathematics and science courses• rank in class• recommendation

Moved to enrollment management model• intended major• gender, ethnic and racial mix• financial considerations

• Advisement• Freshman

Orientation

• Test Scores• Academic data• Intended major• Mainly concerned with

11-12 gradeAdmissions Student

Experience

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Two students, seemingly identical

650 MA600 CRTop 10 %Good recommendationsFamily income $125,000+Interviews well“is a nice kid”Intends to study ME


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One fails, the other succeeds


GRADUATES


FAILS

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Fundamental question:


GRADUATES


FAILS

WHY?

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Other questions

• When do you take a risk in admission?

• What is the decision based on?

• Are there other factors as important as academic measures that contribute to success?

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College Board two years ago presented a framework for their future work

An example of a non-cognitive measurement tool:

Adversity Index – placing a student in the context of what he or she has faced on their path to success.Scores in Context – comparing test scores and student performance in the context of others with similar opportunity.Academic Curricular Index – comparing the rigor of the student’s level of preparation relative to the opportunities available.2 yr. to 4 yr. transfer facilitation – investigating additional sources of data that can assist colleges in identifying and evaluating students who have demonstrated post-secondary potential via community college enrollment.

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Change is occurring: Environmental Context Dashboard

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Grit, persistence, maturity, locus of control, …

• The measurement of non-academic or non-cognitive attributes are being viewed as the next evolution in admission.

• Rose-Hulman has been a part of this evolution with the use of the Locus of Control Inventory and Curiosity Index.

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A revision of our understanding of admissions

Lifecycle Admissions• Admission should not be solely based on a student’s ability to be academically

successful at Rose-Hulman.• We should also consider other aspects of life and the student’s talents in those

areas as well.• Personality• Attitude• View of world• Persistence

• We should better understand those attributes that lead students to a life of fulfillment and success.

• We are admitting individuals whose personality, in the long run, will be as much or more important to their future success as the academic preparation we offer.

• Such traits should be measureable.

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Remember this?

• Advisement• Freshman Orientation

• Test Scores• Academic data• Intended major• Mainly concerned with 11-12

grade.

Admissions Student Experience

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The vision for the future: Lifecycle Admissions with a formal, measurable, iterative cycle of information to improve all parts of the cycle.

• Success• What was taught• What was learned• Happiness

• Success• What was taught• What was learned• Happiness

• Advisement• Curriculum• Extra-curricular• Maturity• Life skills• Graduation• Employment

• Identify sooner• Non-cognitive• Test Scores• Academic Data• Contextual• Demographic• Compatibility Admissions Student

Experience

CareerPersonal Life

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Work to do

• Input from alumni and faculty• Charge to the Admissions and Standing Committee to define the attributes of the

ideal student.• Great Debate data is rich with feedback on this topic.• Additional surveys of alumni at specific points in their career.• “Clean Slate” committee work and results.

• Identify tool(s) that will provide measureable data.• Continuing to work with a number of potential partners.• Also looking at stand alone products.

• Identify a structure for long term development and implementation.• Long term commitment.• Will grow beyond original set of data as process evolves.

What else?• Grow the applicant pool.• Make sure the process is not so onerous as to deter application. • Make Lifecycle Admissions our norm rather than a tool to make “tweener” decisions.• “Hunting rather than fishing.”

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