Technical Program Recruitment: Ten Tips to Thinking Outside the Box

These presentation slides, made available by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), provide tips for improving student recruitment into technical education programs. The slides provide information on trends in enrollment as of 2008 as well as some background on the presenter and Fox Valley Technical College. Tips include: Focus On One Student at a Time, Have a Tour That is Interesting and Informative, Create a Database and Mail Out Letters, Capitalize on College Partners Interested in Collaboration, Retention Key to Enrollments, Focus on Course Takers, Articulation Agreements, Make a Good School Website Page, Consider Making Your Program Flexible, and the Jackson Community College Model. Additional information is included for most tips.