Pre-Orientation Registration Program: Turning High School Seniors into Engaged College Freshmen

Historically, when more than 300 students attempted to register simultaneously using on-campus computers, network problems and outages occurred. [...]enrollment management seeks to identify proactive means of anticipating course demand.\n UNCW s University College completed the sixth implementation...

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Published inCollege and university Vol. 89; no. 1; p. 61
Main Authors Curtis, Reed T, Underwood, Zackary W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers 01.10.2013
Subjects
Academic Advising
Advisors
College campuses
College Freshmen
College students
Colleges & universities
Computers
Core curriculum
Educational Experience
Educational Planning
Educational Technology
Enrollment Management
High School Students
Higher education
Programming
Scheduling
School Safety
San Francisco California
United States > US
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Summary:Historically, when more than 300 students attempted to register simultaneously using on-campus computers, network problems and outages occurred. [...]enrollment management seeks to identify proactive means of anticipating course demand.\n UNCW s University College completed the sixth implementation of porp for spring Z013 students. [...]the average number of spring students participating in porp is 99 whereas the average for fall students is 705.) * Course pre-registration limits have been more liberal for spring-admit students, with the result that they pre-register for more credit hours than do falladmit students. * Spring-admit students may be better prepared for pre-registering for classes given that they have more time than fall-admit students to carefully consider the courses in which they wish to enroll. * Many spring-admit students attend college elsewhere during the fall semester prior to their enrollment at uncw, with the result that they gain college course pre-registration experience. * Communication with spring admits may be more effective than with fall admits:
ISSN:0010-0889