SERC

(Faculty Student Enrollment & Retention Committee)

2007-08 Members
Julia Hendon (Chair)
Jim Myers
Rud Platt 

Spring 2008 Agenda Topics:
-Review Admitted Student Questionnaire (ASQ) Results

-Financial aid: Changing landscape in Higher ed
* No loan implications for Gburg
* Programmatic consideration for Merit Scholarships

-Demographic Trends

-Retention Information

-Review enrollment plan for the Class of 2012

-Mock Admissions Committee 

please feel free to contact any member of the committee with questions.

Did you know?

Did you know that 92.4% of Gettysburg seniors reported that overall, they were satisfied with their undergraduate education at the College.

Data collected from the 2007 HEDS Senior Survey.

find out more at the Institutional Anaylsis website 

Contact EES

For the past 6 years, we have seen marked improvement in the entering class profile. This trend is now benefiting the College in both retention and graduate rates. The first-year retention rate is 90.96% and the sophomore rate is 85.94%. The Class of 2006 has a 5-year graduation rate of 81.7%, the highest in Gettysburg history. This trend suggests we can expect continued improvement in our graduation rates. Visit the Institutional Analysis website to learn more about both retention and graduation rates.

At the start of each semester Web Communications takes time to offer intense web training opportunities for all web liaisons. The sessions are offered over two days and start with beginner skill sets ending on the second day with expert level skill sets. Ten liaisons were able to participate this January and the feedback was once again positive.

Not every department and office is able to spare the time to attend these trainings so Web Communications has also created training videos to assist liaisons as they update their websites. This January we were able to add training videos on updating Academic Major and Minor pages as well as Academic Department pages.

Save the date:
February 16, 2008
What:
The unveiling of Gettysburg's Centennial Conference championship banners
Where:
Bream Gymnasium

Time is tentatively set for between the men's and women's basketball doubleheader (approx. 2:30 p.m.)

With a February 1 deadline approaching the Admissions Office is in the middle of the top application producing weeks where numbers change daily. As of January 22, 2008, applications for the Fall 2007 First-Year Class totals 4,681. Which is 2% below last year's record number and 15% ahead of the year before. There are 172 ED2 applications and this is 34% ahead of last year to date.   All signs indicate that we are tracking towards another strong application year. 

Gettysburg's full-time enrollment for the fall 2007 is 2657 with 2457 students on-campus and 200 students participating in off-campus study. The full-time enrollment is 2 students less than last year's total of 2659.