President’s
Cabinet Meeting
Tuesday, April 29,
2008
2:00 p.m.
Vail Hall Board Room
Minutes
Attendees: President
Ivory V. Nelson, Vice
President
Howard E. Merlin, Vice President Michael B. Hill, Vice President Grant
D.
Venerable, Vice President William B. Bynum
Dean John O. Chikwem, Dean Judith A.W. Thomas, Dean Gladys J. Willis
and Ms.
Diane M. Brown. Attending for
portion of meeting: Mr. Michael Taylor, Director of Admissions,
Ms. Germel Eaton-Clarke, Assistant Director of Admissions
MINUTES
Cabinet minutes of April 21,
2008, were approved.
ADMISSIONS BRIEFING
Mr. Taylor and Ms. Eaton provided
an update on the current admissions climate in the region and the
competition Lincoln
University faces
in its admissions
efforts. Mr. Taylor indicated that the
“Branding” power among high achieving students has a big impact on the
choices
students are making.
Dean Judith Thomas spoke about
“The Lincoln Man/Woman” and agreed to draft a synopsis of the branding
of this
concept.
Cabinet agreed that, as a beginning
point, Lincoln
will try to increase from 150 to 300, the number of incoming students
with SAT
scores above 900. A three-prong strategy
was agreed upon to try to accomplish this goal.
- Academic
Affairs will work with Admissions to come back with a strategy to raise
these numbers. A probable component of the
strategy will be additional follow up with students by faculty.
- Dean Chikwem and
Vice President Bynum will discuss retention strategies
- Vice President
Hill will work with Dean Briggs on a summer bridge program
Plans are to be brought back to
Cabinet in two weeks for discussion to determine what can be
implemented within
the university’s operational parameters.
FISCAL AFFAIRS
Vice President Merlin provided
updated copies of the proposed 2008-09 budgets as well as various
analyses.
The Deans will participate with
Cabinet in a complete 2008-2009 budget review at the May 6th
Cabinet
meeting.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT
Cabinet discussed the recent
finding by the Middle States Team in this area and what will be
required to
satisfy the team’s recommendation.
STUDENT LOAN ISSUE
A recent news release reported
that PHEAA will cut college grants by up to $750. This
will directly impact the amount of funding
available to in-state students.
Other developments reported that
Chase Education Finance will no longer provide certain discounts it had
promised to maintain in February. In
addition, the bank’s 2% initiation fee will be reinstated.
STUDENT AFFAIRS & ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT
Admission Statistics for fall 2008 (as of April 28, 2008)
# Undergraduate applications received for fall
2008……………………….. 5033
# Undergraduate applications received for fall
2007……………………….. 5103
# Undergraduate students admitted for fall 2008……………………………
1403
# Undergraduate students admitted for fall 2007……………………………
1681
# Undergraduate deposits paid for fall 2008…………………………………. 71
# Undergraduate deposits paid for fall 2007…………………………………. 183
# Graduate applications received for fall
2008…………………………….... 55*
# Graduate applications received for fall 2007………………………………. 142
# Graduate students admitted for fall 2008……………………..……………
53
# Graduate students admitted for fall 2007……………………..……………
18
*On-line applications direct input
into new Datatel system is not quite up-to-date.
President Nelson asked that
future admission statistical reports include brief explanations of the
numbers
reflected therein.
NEW POLICY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
A copy of the PA Dept. of
Education “Curricular Credit Policy: Ensuring Quality and
Transferability” was
distributed. The policy sets
requirements for the appropriate number of hours of classroom
instruction for
awarding credit and for setting the academic calendar.
Lincoln
University’s is
already
operating in compliance with the policy.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further
business, President Nelson adjourned the meeting at 4:30 p.m.
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