US 2003/0200112 A1 · Methods of generating applications for enrollment at educational institutions

Abstract

A method of increasing the number of applications for enrollment at an institution of higher learning, including the initial profiling of the institution's candidate inquiry pool against the institution's enrollment objectives, the electronic solicitation of additional information and the reiterative profiling of candidates during the period before an application is sent to determine the candidate's continued interest, the customization of interest piquing communications with the candidates and the application itself, the offering of choices as to the method of completing the application and incentives to do so, and the evaluation of the program from the monitoring of the application responses.

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Dependent claims

A method for profiling an inquiry pool of candidates in attending an institution of higher learning preliminarily to providing an application for enrollment, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a data base including information related to candidates for enrollment and the preferences of the institution for students with predetermined characteristics;
(b) electronically evaluating the candidates in the data base against a first predetermined profile including:
(i) to the extent available in the data base, information as to the candidate's high school class year, the prior visit of the candidate to the institution, and the source of the information about the candidate's initial contact with the institution in the data base, and
(ii) the preferences of the institution, to thereby select candidates for further contact;
and
(c) providing a report of the electronic evaluation.

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A method for evaluating the continued interest of candidates in attending an institution of higher learning preliminarily to providing an application for enrollment, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a data base including information related to candidates for enrollment and the preferences of the institution for students with predetermined characteristics;
(b) electronically evaluating the candidates in the data base against a first predetermined profile including:
(i) information relating to the candidate's high school class year, the prior visit of the candidate to the institution, and the source of the information about the candidate's initial contact with the institution in the data base, and
(ii) the preferences of the institution, to thereby select candidates for further contact;
(c) electronically requesting predetermined information from the selected candidates;
(d) entering the electronic responses to the electronic request for information into the data base;
(e) electronically reevaluating the selected candidates in the data base against a second predetermined profile to thereby evaluate the interest of the selected candidates in attending the institution;
and
(f) providing a report of the electronic reevaluation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Methods of generating applications for enrollment at educational institutions

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Methods of generating applications for enrollment at educational institutions

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