October 22, 2012
Criminal Justice Program Adjunct Faculty
Interview
Sean O’Connell, assisted by Prof. Michael Geary
3 Participants
1. How can we bring greater attention to, and awareness of, what we do here at Albertus?
- Do more things like the Criminal Justice camp
- The open houses aren't marketed well. Offer an incentive to current graduate students to bring in potential students -- a $150 discount on a class, for instance.
- Market open houses to current students. Set up tables during first night of classes to market grad programs. Hand out T-shirts, etc.
- Have day-long open houses where things happen -- professors talk about the programs, etc.
- All evening programs should be marketed together
- Should market to the Department of Corrections
- Give business cards to all part-time faculty so they can distribute them to people they meet, colleagues at work, etc.
- Highlight great practitioner-part-time faculty on the website -- such as the Chief of Police.
2. How can we proactively meet the needs of students and potential employers in a global economy?
- Do more market research. Reach out to business leaders.
- Conduct job fairs on campus. This has the indirect effect of marketing the college to prospective employers.
- We should develop a CJ Masters program -- one that is cheaper than the expensive programs in the area.
- Develop certificate programs. Whet people's appetites for the degree programs.
- Give credits for on-the-job training -- such as graduation from the Police Academy.
- Market aggressively to the police for undergraduate programs -- police departments will pay.
- Develop Saturday and Sunday programs.
- Use course evaluations to gather marketing information -- would you like Saturday classes?
- Develop catchy course titles and highlight current relevance of courses.
3. What will make Albertus relevant to the needs of the broader New Haven region ten years from now?
- We should focus on giving back to the community – including the immediate neighborhood – to raise our profile.
- Develop relationships with local clergy…Work with them to have regular field days for inner-city students.
- Make facilities available at designated times for inner city youth – community policing efforts are seeking such opportunities for youth.
- Have a seminar on safety as part of first-year student orientation.
- Put student greeters around campus – serves as a security measure.
4. How do we ensure a healthy student population at Albertus Magnus College in the face of economic and demographic challenges, including reductions in federal and state funding for higher education?
- Offer day care.
- Push the yellow ribbon program – the post-9/11 G.I. bill will help students pay for college.
- We need to reach out to the military – have a military liaison. Align tuition for veterans with military benefits. (Post is focusing on this.)
- We have a great FA Office. They work well with students – keep this strong.
- Market to companies with tuition reimbursement.
- Play up our ROTC opportunities – we have a relationship with Southern, and the person who runs their program would be happy to deepen the relationship with us.
- Develop a relationship with the Department of Labor.
- Offer CJ programs in cohort format at community colleges.
- Find ways to cut the price of textbooks.
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