FISEM Sessions

Advanced Track Sessions

Faculty, drawn from distinguished enrollment managers from the state of Florida and around the country, focus on universal issues of enrollment management practices for admission, registrar, retention and related-office professionals. Advance track sessions address issues of production, goals, outcomes, quality, standards, accountability, conversions, yields, budgets, personnel and headcount. For promising new professionals, focusing on these SEM essentials also enhances career path awareness.

The Institute begins with an Introduction to SEM presentation and is followed by dedicated advance track sessions that are delivered by veteran professionals and industry consultants.

The Introduction to SEM session (offered each year) provides an overview of SEM including its mission definition, institutional culture, trends, and future implications. Participants will be guided to the value of having a SEM Plan and supportive relationships that nurture this culture on your campus. Returning participants will attend a special cohort discussion class session during this same time slot.

A conceptual range of Advance Track SEM Sessions may include a variety of topics as illustrated below and presented by FACRAO's best talent and national consultants.

Master Enrollment Planning
Retention/Graduation rates
Prospect mining
Demographics, Research
Forecasting/Conversions
Class Scheduling
SEM Technologies
Integrated data bases
Central enrollment forecasting
Predictive Modeling
Cases for shared yield responsibility
SEM's stake in the 1st year experience
Integrating Electronic Communications
SEM and Planning for Disaster Recovery
Attracting/Enrolling high ability students
Retention/Graduation rates
Student Marketing Campaigns
Financial Aid Leveraging and Scholarship packaging
Academic Chair/Department Relations
Personnel/One-stop Shop/Cross Training
Transfer credits and articulations
Tuition threshold strategies and pricing
Silos vs. collaborative relationships
Combined Shop Operations (Admission/Records)
Early warning systems to avoid registration no shows
Legal and/or criminal implications
Managing remote enrollment office

Consultant Sessions

Each year, FISEM will have a featured consultant, recognized in the SEM industry as an expert who will deliver a session or lunch presentation on current issues in the field. The purpose of this session is to provide broader network exposure and avenues to national trends and expertise beyond FACRAO. Attendees benefit from learning about resources available in implementing SEM plans from consultants or in-service practitioners who are respected within the industry.