Monday, October 29, 2012

Breaking the Surface





College transfers are a huge problem. They extend the average time it takes to get a degree by 8 months. They are costly. And they are mostly done because students didn't get what they thought they would be when going to college. Most transfer students anticipate something completely different from their original college and leave when they find out it's not what they wanted.


So how can colleges convey precisely what their school is about BEFORE students get to college? At MIT they pay students to blog about their experiences. That's all well and good for MIT, but what about a lesser-known school, like Clark for example. What could Clark do to let prospective students see everything it has to offer?


One idea would be to have students film a day out of there life (like Shay Carl on YouTube) and upload the edited footage to video sharing sites. This way, most students will get a real snapshot of Clark. Or, we can extend the current stay-over program, letting prospective students stay the night.


No matter what we do here at Clark, it'll be an improvement. Any way we can capture what we do, is another way for prospectives to get a Clark sense, and that's the goal.


1 comment:

  1. More ideas, please! Dig in, think about what you'd like to see.

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