ïAACRAO Spotlight interviews are published twice weekly before major professional development meetings. They feature our conversations with industry experts, highlighting key issues and promoting sessions and workshops at the upcoming conference.
Below you'll find brief summaries of three recent Q-and-As with links to the full interviews.
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Common Pressures, Different Answers: How the UK and the US are Meeting Enrolment Challenges
Matthew Andrews is the Chair of the AUA, the professional association for administrators and managers in UK higher education, which has a long-established relationship with AACRAO. Tom is a long-time AACRAO member and has served as chair of several AACRAO committees over the years. He current serves as the Director of Technology Solutions and is a Managing Consultant. Matthew and Tom have enjoyed discussions about the nature of their higher education sectors in conferences on both sides of the Atlantic and this session seemed a natural evolution of those discussions. Read on to learn more about their presentation.
The American College Application Campaign
What happens when high school teachers put signs on their classroom doors reading “I went to college at [fill in the blank]. Ask me about it!”?
Students ask, says Joe Watts, Senior Fellow, American Council on Education (ACE). These signs are one example of how a high school can build a culture to help support students whose families may not know how to help them get into college.
ACE’s American College Application campaign, which began in 2011, is helping to get high school students to better understand and prepare for the college application process and to apply earlier. Read on to learn more about his presentation.
The New Demographics and Institutional Responses
Projections of high school graduates depict the changing landscape for higher education enrollments. The era of rapidly increasing high school graduates is drawing to a close while the number of graduates from typically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups is rising. According to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), 45% of high school graduates nationwide are predicted to be non-White by the class of 2020. There will be 11% more high school graduates of Hispanic, Black or Native American origin by 2020 compared to 2010, and approximately 11% fewer White graduates. The change is even more dramatic for certain regions and urban areas. .”
We spoke with Peace Bransberger to acquire some background information about their presentation. She will be presenting projections of high school graduation rates through the class of 2028. Her co-presenter, Vaugn Toland will be sharing his findings from the Metropolitan State University of Denver. He will be sharing program ideas and other types of case study information about the changes already taking place. Read on to learn more about their presentation.