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5-Year Plan Drivers

What drives the 5-Year Plan? Do we start with the project sustainable student count for each program, or with the desired gross profit and work backwards? How does placement factor into the equation? Thanks!

I.E.P vs. 5 year plan

How does an Institutional Effectiveness Plan compare with a 5 year plan? What essential components can be found in both and what areas are unique to each plan?

Enrollment Projections

I'm curious to your thoughts on ways to more accurately project and predict student enrollment numbers. We try to factor in as many external sources as possible such as the legislation to expand the Post 9/11 GI-Bill, but it really feels like at it's most basic it's just a guessing game based on previous year enrollment numbers. Thank you.

5 year plan

I work for a large school group. When developing the 5 year plan committee is it suggested that we develope it at the campus level first then present it to our home offices? Historically speaking we have had our corporate directors and VP's working on this. Perhaps we could work collectively on the plan, include corporate indivduals and campus level individuals.

Execution

I am a Campus Director at a small school with an even smaller staff. My staff always has great ideas, and we definitely excel at the brainstorming and idea sharing activities. However, once we have great ideas and plans we struggle with implementation....who will do it? where do we have the time? how? does it sustain? etc. Anyone have any suggestions for stronger execution and follow-through?

planning and initial steps

I have found that casually speaking with students has given me ideas on where I want my school to go, and I have shared many of those ideas with my superiors.

Brainstorming...

If you have been conducting brainstorming sessions, what have you discovered so far? What new ideas do you think you can realistically put in place? What answers to previous questions have emerged? If you haven’t started the sessions, what do you think you will discover when you do start the process?

Placement Services

I consider that Placement Services is the most important service that school has to offer to our students. Students need to be more confident to get better job opportunities. Our Placement team has to develop many initiatives to develop Workshop and presentations to help our student in regard this important matter for them.

Placement Services

Discuss ways to enhance your placement department regardless of how many employees or staff hours you can budget for it.

How can we effectively motivate our students to seek employment once they have graduated?

I have a small but fast growing Allied Health Academy. We train medical assistants, dental assistants and massage therapists. Our medical and dental programs each have externship components. We agressively seek externship sites that are hiring. Our massage therapy program has an internship component that is held in our clinic. I have opened the clinic up to our licensed grads so they can have assistance starting their new careers without being at the mercy of a spa hiring them or not having start up cash to go it on their own. Our problem has been motivating some of our students from all programs to actually seek employment when they are finished with school. We have a professional development class for interviewing and resume wiritng etc. We have tough academic and hands-on skill requirements, so they all must demonstrate competence prior to graduating. Since our classes are usually small (sometimes 4 or 5 students) it makes it hard to achieve at least a 70% placement rate when we usually have a few who choose to either turn down several job offers or to not search at all. We are in the application process for accreditation now. Placement is very important. Even without accreditation, as the owner, I have always been very placement conscious. During the interview process, we stress the fact that this training is geared to those who want to job search, and the applicants say all the right things. Any suggestions on motivating the students to actually want to work when they are done? HELP!

Placement Department

We have students in our campus that reside in five different counties. What would be the best way to develop the Placement Department that could provide options to all?

Placement

As discussed a school is measured by retention and placement results, but what can you do if a number of students after graduating just don't seem to have the drive to join that specific work force that they received training for? It's very hard to place someone at that point, and subsequently this will affect your placement numbers when it's not for lack of trying your end.

Student Outcomes

One key area that I have found that seem to imporve student outcomes retention and placement is to get student involved early on in their professional organization. Has anyone else seem similar result?

Serving distance learning students

What are some creative ways to better serve distance learning students??

Externship for many vocational courses must become required

Externship for many courses plays an important role.

Operating With Limited Resources

What are some creative ways a department such as student services (or other departments) can operate with limited financial and human resources?

Experential Learning

I'd like to know what would be some interesting ways to give our students, from the casino industry, some experential learning. I'd like to offer, on a monthly basis, something for them to come together and see what their work requirements will be. Something to enjoy and also learn from.

Student Services

How would you research all the different community services for students with life issues?

Student Resource Service

Is using a paid student resources service worth the price?

another quiz question

Student services offerings are optional for most schools. True False Feedback Student services are as important as the program offerings. With the right student services your students are more likely to stay in school, graduate, and find employment. I know the question says most schools but what about the schools that are limited on funding or staff? Its very difficult to be able to provide unlimited help to those that have graduated with out unlimited resources.