Minutes of October 7, 1999 Meeting

The Enrollment Management Team (EMT) met on October 7, 1999, with the following members present: Ruth Ann Balla, Celeste Brogdon, Sandra Close, Rebecca Duncan, Gordon Folger, Ann Gleason, Mary Johnson, Sue Kearney, Jeannie Morelock, Philip Roof, and LaRose Spooner, Chair . Dr. Spooner indicated that she will ask various members to help with responses to the questions raised by Dr. Hartford in the previous meeting. The minutes of the meeting held on September 2nd were then approved.

Sue Kearney provided a brief report on enrollment statistics for Fall 1999. The College experienced a growth rate of 1.2 percent in total enrollment, thereby meeting the enrollment goal of one percent growth for 1999-2000 embraced by the Senior Management Team and the EMT. A final enrollment report will be circulated as soon as possible to the Meredith community.

Sue Kearney led the EMT in a discussion of the recommendations submitted by the Retention Strategies Work Group. She pointed out that there are some "givens" for maintaining a strong retention rate and that the cover memorandum to the report addresses many of these. Also, Sue distributed a supplement to Recommendation 27. The EMT then discussed the first twenty-five recommendations, making some editorial suggestions and inserting the following new recommendation:

• Recommend that the Dean of Enrollment Planning and Institutional Research propose a goal for the freshman-to-sophomore year retention rate, which could then be adopted by the College as a benchmark for improving in this important area of retention.

Dr. Spooner reported on the action taken by the Board of Trustees on the Strategic Planning Recommendations at their meeting on September 24. She had requested that EMT members review the strategic planning documents as a background for establishing EMT goals for 1999-2000. The group proposed 16 goals, which will be edited and circulated to EMT members. There will be further discussion at the next meeting, prior to finalizing the goals.

Several topics of interest to the EMT received brief mention. The Summer School Task Force Report has been submitted to the Academic Council for consideration. The need for attention to the increasing demand for non-smoking floors in the residence halls has been included in one of the recommendations of the Retention Strategies Work Group. Further exploration of the use of credit cards to pay bills may not need to wait for the installation of Datatel since that installation has been postponed. As to the benefit of continuing attention to the format of student bills, Datatel will bring with it some need for changes.

After a reminder that the next meeting of the EMT is scheduled for November 4th, the meeting was adjourned.

Sue Kearney
Vice Chair

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