Skidmore is enlisting faculty to help recruit new students

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1. WinstonNPR reports that Skidmore and a small number of other institutions are bringing faculty into student recruitment, through meetings and access to labs and classrooms for prospective and already admitted applicants.
2. AsherSkidmore and those other institutions previously left recruitment entirely to the admissions office. Now applicants meet faculty, too. What's driving the broader push toward friendlier admissions?
3. WinstonNPR describes colleges short of students trying to make an often intimidating, secretive and stressful admissions process more open and friendly. But application and enrollment data show Skidmore isn't among those struggling to fill seats.
4. AsherSkidmore's president, Marc Conner, says the college depends on students visiting campus and then enrolling. Recruiting students and struggling to fill seats aren't the same thing.
5. WinstonRight. And faculty access isn't the only approach: NPR also reports some universities and colleges waiving application fees and promising additional financial aid for students who come on campus tours.
6. AsherA fee waiver and promised aid aren't quite the same thing, either. One removes an application charge; the other is a promise of additional financial help.
7. WinstonSo applicants may encounter faculty meetings, fee waivers or aid promises, depending on the institution. These are efforts to make admissions friendlier, not a guarantee that applying has become easier.