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Identify method for recruiting students who have taken a gap year.

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Add a question on our application form to find out if they have an alum in the family.

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Identify when alumni are coming with students on campus visit.

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The tremendous support all students receive from faculty and staff

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Relying solely on one form of communication and altering it to generational preference for communication.

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PROMOTE deliberately to alumni now. Approximately 27% or more open emails from us - this may equate to a couple thousand captive people. What does that messaging look like that could entice action by the parents to encourage their kids to check out UMC?

Push programs where jobs are needed including salaries, job placement. Niche programs.

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Continue to provide meaningful experiences that make UMC unique - close knit family-oriented.

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Continue being forward facing and making ourselves known.

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We do some but elevate!

Promote internships, co-ops, alumni networks, and employer partnerships.

Show pathways from major to careers, especially in uncertain fields like humanities or social sciences.

Use outcome dashboards that show real ROI: employment rates, average salaries, etc.

Emphasize academic advising, peer mentoring, and first-year transition programs.

Continue promoting the student success center as a whole but specifically, tutoring, and coaching type programs.

More segment messaging for different student populations

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Develop/add programs that are proven to be what the workforce needs today and the not so far future. Invest in those programs unapologetically. What do kids care about today? Find out and focus on those things first.

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Message the life-long benefits/value of obtaining a 4-year degree.

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Keep going back to where the fishing is good. ie where do we currently get students. Create even more incentives for them to come here.

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More student referrals

Finding communities similar to ours and go after them

Take a signature program like equine or hort and try to market them to clubs etc that specialize in that area.

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Continue to engage schools with alumni teaching Ag Education. Maybe try elementary ed as well.

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Extremely.

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Very important. High Stakes. Game time.

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Engaging campus visit experience.

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Finding locales for recruitment that are Crookston-like. Many towns have a Walmart or Dollar General and maybe a Subway or Dairy Queen.

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very important