EM News!

1. APRIL 17, 2018 VOL. 29
ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT
Attract, Admit, Enroll, Retain
EM NEWS ISSUE 15
enroll.uncg.edu
Metrics To Live By
UNCG was recently named the winners of the “Metrics to Live By”
Award at the Frontier Set Annual Conference for our use of
predictive modeling and analytics to improve student success. An
article from EAB explains both what predictive modeling is and
the benefits and challenges of using it.
Enrollment Management uses predictive analytics to inform its
decision making and outreach to students. We are continually
improving our models and processes to improve student success.
What is predictive modeling: Extracting patterns from
historical data to predict future outcomes, creating a model that
can look into a student's past, against a constellation of historic
data, and predict likelihood of different outcomes
Benefits: Identify students missed by traditional safety nets
who might need more help or resources to succeed
Challenges: Models don’t predict the future—they describe
the past and we are the ones making the "prediction" that the
future will continue to work in roughly the same way
Top: UNCG accepting the "Metrics to Live By
Award" at the Frontier Set Annual Conference
Bottom: This year's inductees to the Alpha
Lambda Delta national honor society.
Congratulations to the 2018 Alpha Lambda Delta inductees.
Alpha Lambda Delta
On April 8th over 130 students were inducted into Alpha Lambda
Delta, a national honor society committed to academic
scholarship, leadership, and community service for first-year
students. Full-time degree-seeking first-year students who
achieved at least a 3.5 GPA in their first semester of study were
invited to become members. Membership in Alpha Lambda Delta
provides access to a variety of opportunities each year.
36 undergraduate scholarships of $1,000-$6,000 each
20 study-abroad scholarships of $1,000-$2,000
26 graduate fellowships from $3,000 to $7,500 each year
Members of ALD have made a difference in the UNCG and local
community in a variety of ways:
Hosting CANstruction, an event to collect canned goods for the
Spartan Open Pantry and Greensboro Urban Ministry
Participating in Operation Christmas Child
Raising money for local animal shelters
Collecting Box Tops to raise money for Archer Elementary
School

2. Enrollment Management News
Preparedness for College
Students of color feel less academically and emotionally prepared
for college than caucasian students in their first term according to
a recent national survey. Additionally:
Enrollment Management offers a variety of programs to help first
year students in their transition to college. Beyond those, there
are various resources available to help students across campus,
whether that is the Counseling Center in Student Health Services
or supplemental advising from the Student's First Office. It is
always a challenge to know whether our university's efforts are
reaching students, but one student recently wrote about the
amazing inclusive and diverse atmosphere UNCG has. UNCG is
"woke," and we are working hard to keep it that way.
Caucasian students (62%) are more likely to rate their
overall experience as good or excellent compared to African
American students (48%)
African American students (57%) are more likely than
caucasian students (46%) to say that college is not living
up to their expectations
Caucasian students are also more likely to seek help with a
variety of health conditions, and African American students
(75%) are more likely than caucasian students (61%) to
say they tend to keep their feelings about the difficulty of
college to themselves
Tracking Fall Registration
Each year, Enrollment Management tracks longitudinal registration of students leading
up to the first day of class for the Fall semester. Currently we are approximately 17
weeks out from the first day of classes for Fall 2018. The vertical line in the
graph indicates the 17 weeks out point for the past four falls. At this point in time
student registration is very volatile, which is why the chart above does not show
registration numbers for Fall 2018. We can see from the past four years that, as we
move closer to the first day of class (from right to left on the chart), the number of
students registered for classes starts to normalize. Once we reach that point leading up
to Fall 2018 we will begin sending out updates on registration to date. If you have
questions or want to know more about tracking registration for your specific area, let us
know at enroll@uncg.edu.
Figure 1. Normalized longitudinal registration for undergraduate, first degree seeking
students leading up to the first day of class for the past four Fall semesters (2014-2017)
UNCG recently hosted the 1st Annual North Carolina
McNair Colloquium. McNair Scholars from universities
across the state came together at UNCG to learn more
about furthering their academic journey. Dr. Joseph
Graves, Professor and Associate Dean of Research at
the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
delivered the keynote address.
Photography by Rod Wyatt