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Selected Presentations and News Stories

The Latest Presentation:

Click here to download the College Board MW Regional Presentation Is it Time for a National Clearing House for Undergraduate Admission?

Note: The presentation contained a video, which is linked to from YouTube in this version of the presentation.  I downloaded it and converted it to Windows Media, in case you want to embed it yourself.  But it's a large file.  Download it by clicking here.


Selected Presentations and News Stories

(presentation files available on request)
* Indicates multiple conference presentations

Presentations:

Tableau Customer Conference:
A Tableau not-for-profit implementation tale

ACT Enrollment Planners Conference
Data Junkies and Technophobes in Harmony: Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? (2010)
Selecting and Integrating Recruitment Software to Augment Your Student Information System (2006)

National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can: Perspectives on College Admission (1998)
Enrollment Management: The Profession Formerly Known As Admissions (2004)*
Using Technology in the Recruitment Process (2010) (Middle Management Institute)

College Board National Forum

Moving Beyond Branding to Mission-based Marketing (2008)*
The Top Ten Things Wrong with College Admission (2007)*
A Contrarian’s View: The Symbiosis of Merit- and Need-based Financial Aid
Survival of the Fittest: The Prose and Cons of the College Admissions Game (2006)*
Helping Students Choose A Major (2005)

College Board Midwestern Regional Forum
Career Progression in Enrollment Management: A Guide for Young Staff (2010)
Students and Schools as Products: The Commercialization of College Admissions (2007)*
Who Needs to Know What: Communicating to Staff about Priorities (2005)

Academic Impressions Conference
Faculty member for “New Approaches to Strategic Enrollment Management” (2010)

AACRAO SEM/HEDS/College Board National Forum
A Ton of Data; An Ounce of Insight (2009)*

Law School Admissions Council (LSAC)
Analyzing the Effectiveness of Your Admissions Events (2009)

Illinois Association of College Admission Counseling (IACAC)
Reach Out and Reach Higher in Enrollment Management (2009)
Enrollment Management for the High School Counselor (2004)

Selected News Stories/Articles:

News and Other Coverage of Depaul Goes Test Optional:

  • Announcement
  • Wake Forest
  • Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Eric Hoover's Blog
  • The DePaulia
  • Loyola University Phoenix
  • TCU Daily Skiff
  • Central Florida Future
  • Bradley University Scout
  • Fordham University Ram
  • NIU Northern Star

  • The Unigo Admission Expert Network
  • A Sure Thing Inside Higher Ed February 20, 2012
  • Meet the Transfers--They are Academic Nomads St. Louis Today February 5, 2012
  • "F" for College Rankings Cheating Charleston Post and Courier February 4, 2012
  • Do College Rankings Matter? New York Times February 3, 2012
  • Gaming the College Rankings New York Times January 31, 2012
  • Fun with Admissions Data Chronicle of Higher Education Headcount Blog
  • Projecting the Right Image AVTechnology Online, January 24, 2011
  • Weathering A Year of Increased Price Sensitivity Academic Impressions, April 8, 2010
  • What to do if: You are considering Early Action or Early Decision American Colleges and Universities, 2009
  • On Transfer Students and Transfer-Friendliness Chronicle of Higher Education, April 27, 2010
  • The Big Picture Atlantic Magazine, October 2004
  • The New Aid Chicago Magazine, September 2008
  • Adding Personality to the College Admissions Mix Wall Street Journal, August 19, 2009
  • Angst Over Admissions Inside Higher Ed, November 14, 2006
  • New Revelations on SAT SNAFU CBS News, March 24, 2006
  • Interview: How DePaul is Speeding the Admissions Process for Veterans, Chicago and National Public Radio August 18, 2008
  • Admissions Deans Dish on Their Jobs Chronicle of Higher Education, May 2, 2008
  • Depaul Ranks High on Granting Specific Degrees to Minorities Chicago Tribune, November 9, 2003
  • Selling the “Commodity” of Higher Education The Higher Education Digest
  • Do Family Dinners Help Students Get Into College? ABC News
  • The Role of Race and Ethnicity in College Admission Cappex Interview, April 30, 2007