Meeting Date: November 16, 2010
Special Guests:
- James (Jim) Nondorf - Vice President and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
- Rose Martinelli - Assistant Vice President for Enrollment
- Colin Johnson - Sr. Assistant Director, Director of Multicultural Recruitment
Highlights:
- Board Members expressed concerns about the demographics for the class of 2014.
- Jim Nondorf stated that the minority student population at the university has increased overall, the exception being students who identify as Hispanic or Latino. In addition, academically, newly admitted students had higher average SAT scores than the previous year.
- Members expressed interest in the overall effect on enrollment as a result of switching from the Uncommon App to the Common App.
- Admissions assured Members that the the switch still reflects the University's values. Specifically because the Common App includes a "supplement" for the University of Chicago which maintains the uniqueness reflected in UChicago's application.
- Members were concerned with the inititiaves Admission's is taking in terms of student outreach.
- Nordorf, Martinelli, and Johnson shared with the Board that the University has been making an effort to:
- Personalize outreach efforts through high schools visits and mailing literature.
- Increase relationships with prospective students in order to dispel many of the misconceptions surrounding the University.
- Make UChicago more "accessible" to prospective students by emphasizing parts of the University that incoming students might be interested in, while still illuminating the individuality that is characteristic of the University.
- Members expressed concerns about faculty of color.
- Admissions stated that marketing efforts are being made to make Uchicago more attractive to prosepctive faculty members. This can be difficult however due to the decentralized nature of the relationship between the College and the Graduate Schools.
