Policies

Colleges are allowed to send two email communications to applicants during the 2021 cycle. An applicant is defined as a student that has submitted an application but has not yet received a decision. Applicant communications should be carefully crafted since the audience includes students that will unfortunately be denied. Please ensure that your message (1) has a clear purpose, (2) is not redundant with what Admissions is already sending in [...]

You have questions, and we can pull a report with the answers! Data Request Restrictions Requested data should be about the college or academic unit's audience, or general trends of students Requested data and reports will be presented in Tableau or in a live Slate report Data will not be exported from Slate unless absolutely necessary. This protects student data and ensures the delivery of the most up to date [...]

Each college or academic unit serviced by Enrollment Management using Slate communication and data features will be assigned an Admissions Counselor as their representative. Their main duties in this role are described below: Serve as the main point of contact. Admissions counselors are the point of contact for all communication with the college. Verify request details. Once everything is set, the counselor comments in Basecamp that the email or report request [...]

Communication Plan Requirements Each college or academic unit needs to provide their communication plan to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions by August 1st. The communication plan should have all of the upcoming cycle's emails, mailings, event invitations, or any other communications projects listed for both the college and any departments under that college. All of these projects should also have a requested send date. These communications plans help coordinate peak [...]

The Program Explorer is an interface on the Admissions website that allows users to explore undergraduate majors. College staff can edit a program's description, list of career options, and/or list of related majors. All other information included on a program's page comes from data sources cited within the footnotes section and is not editable. Major Descriptions Descriptions are carefully crafted to be informative and readable (for those who do not [...]

Email Requirements All emails to inquiries or admitted students should be sent via Slate, and in cooperation with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Office of Enrollment Management. This ensures that student statuses are up to date, and reduces the risk of emails being filtered as spam. In addition, it allows centralized metrics and functional tracking. An email submission by an academic unit must be about the academic unit, [...]