Graduate Student Recruitment Best Practices (posted October 1, 2009)

Strategic student recruitment for graduate programs begins with understanding the potential student's perspective, assessing enrollment trends and setting recruitment goals. Since 2003, Dr. Jennifer M. Phelps, Assistant Dean and Director of Graduate Enrolment Services, has been working in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of British Columbia, where she has established the UBC Graduate Recruitment Initiative. Dr. Phelps also chairs the UBC Strategic Graduate Recruitment and Enrollment Committee and she will be joining us on Monday, November 2, 2009 as the key speaker for two workshops on graduate recruitment.

Strategic Student Recruitment for Graduate Programs, held on Monday, November 2nd, from 1:00 to 4:00 in Convocation Hall,will be of interest to department heads, graduate chairs, graduate secretaries, and faculty and graduate committee members. This session will focus on identifying key student markets, developing effective recruitment messagesand "sealing the deal" with applicants.

Supporting Graduate Student Recruitment from a Centralized Perspective, is a short session offered in the morning on Monday, November 2nd, from 10:00 to 11:30 in Convocation Hall. It will address the complexities of graduate recruitment from a shared responsibility perspective, combining centralized recruitment strategies effectively with program specific goals and mobilizing administrative support for graduate recruitment initiatives. This presentation will be of interest to deans and associate deans with graduate recruitment responsibilities and others working with recruitment committees in the colleges and in administration.