Graduate Recruitment At A Midsized Midwestern University

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to dialogue with several graduate programs at Eastern Illinois University to better examine their admissions requirements and philosophy on recruitment. Graduate recruitment at a midsized public institution, such as Eastern lllinois University, has strengths and weakness in regards to attracting students. Location, class size, reputation and preparing students for doctoral programs were reported as factors associated with attracting perspective graduate students. Many graduate programs did not actively recruit students because of heavy reliance on representatives from the graduate school.

The researcher discovered how departments defined their responsibility towards recruitment, how they defined a recruitment plan and their methods of assessing current methods of interacting with perspective students.

Date of Award	2008
Original language	American English
Awarding Institution	Eastern Illinois University
Supervisor	James Wallace (Supervisor)