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Recruitment project not an immediate success
by Reina Guerrero
Staff writer
News | 3/17/09
Posted online at 5:45 AM EST on 3/17/09
The admissions recruitment project to recruit the top 500 applicants for the Class of 2013 has not been successful, according to Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe.
Jaffe stated that about 90 faculty members had volunteered to be in the recruitment initiative. However, he said that he is unsure about the number of students who have been in contact with faculty members.
The project, undertaken by the Office of Admissions and the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences was initiated to encourage student enrollment by putting the top admitted students in touch with with a member of the Brandeis faculty.
Prof. Steven Burg (POL) said, "My understanding is that fewer [prospective] students asked to talk to a faculty member." Burg added that, "the success [of the program] is bringing the class in."
Prof. Sarah Lamb (ANTH) said, [The faculty welcomes] any opportunity that lets us chat more with the prospective students. If it can help recruit an excellent class, we're excited about that because students are what really make the University successful."
Prof. Timothy Hickey (COSI) said, "There is a feeling that this kind of one-on-one interaction with prospective students can be really helpful for recruitment, and there is an effort to expand it."
Jaffe also said the decision to change how Open House is run was made last week. Open House will move from "the impersonal setting [of Gosman Sports and Convocation Center] to the nicer academic buildings," Jaffe said.
Jaffe explained that students who will attend Open House and are interested in the creative arts will go to Spingold Theater Center, whereas those interested in the sciences will be in the new Carl J. Shapiro Science Complex. Students interested in the humanities and the social sciences will meet in Rapaporte Treasure Hall.
Lamb explained, "It helps [prospective] students see other important spaces on campus, and it helps that [the academic buildings] are a little bit smaller and more attractive than Gosman."
Jaffe stated that about 90 faculty members had volunteered to be in the recruitment initiative. However, he said that he is unsure about the number of students who have been in contact with faculty members.
The project, undertaken by the Office of Admissions and the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences was initiated to encourage student enrollment by putting the top admitted students in touch with with a member of the Brandeis faculty.
Prof. Steven Burg (POL) said, "My understanding is that fewer [prospective] students asked to talk to a faculty member." Burg added that, "the success [of the program] is bringing the class in."
Prof. Sarah Lamb (ANTH) said, [The faculty welcomes] any opportunity that lets us chat more with the prospective students. If it can help recruit an excellent class, we're excited about that because students are what really make the University successful."
Prof. Timothy Hickey (COSI) said, "There is a feeling that this kind of one-on-one interaction with prospective students can be really helpful for recruitment, and there is an effort to expand it."
Jaffe also said the decision to change how Open House is run was made last week. Open House will move from "the impersonal setting [of Gosman Sports and Convocation Center] to the nicer academic buildings," Jaffe said.
Jaffe explained that students who will attend Open House and are interested in the creative arts will go to Spingold Theater Center, whereas those interested in the sciences will be in the new Carl J. Shapiro Science Complex. Students interested in the humanities and the social sciences will meet in Rapaporte Treasure Hall.
Lamb explained, "It helps [prospective] students see other important spaces on campus, and it helps that [the academic buildings] are a little bit smaller and more attractive than Gosman."
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