Devon College Case Study
Devon College
Devon College has always enjoyed a wonderful reputation for providing a liberal arts education, and recently Devon has been recognized as one of the top 25 educational values in the country among private universities. Alumni are frequently quoted on how positive their experiences were while on campus. Indeed, Devon has established a track record for graduating students who are in demand. It places its graduates in some of the nation’s finest professional and graduate schools and in some of America’s top companies.
Devon College is located in a rural community in upper New England. It is a small, liberal arts institution with an enrollment of just over 2,000 students. While it draws 80 percent of its student body from the New …show more content…
The demand for higher education has fallen due to the drop in college-aged students, the increased costs for providing education has risen due to inflation, and donations and other gifts have fallen due to the depressed economy during the past several years. While these trends do not project disaster for the college in either the near or long term, the Chancellor of Devon College, Bill Stevens, has asked each unit on campus to examine its expenditures and insure that college monies are being spent …show more content…
Are the yearly samples different from each other on any variable? Explain. What findings lead you to this conclusion?
3. Do the cities differ in terms of the percentage of persons who receive offers and actually enroll as freshmen? If so, how do the cities differ? What findings lead you to this conclusion?
4. Do the cities differ in terms of the percentage of freshmen who finish their first year of study? If so, how do the cities differ? What findings lead you to this conclusion?
5. Do the cities differ in terms of the GPA’s of students who finish their first year of study? If so, how do the cities differ? What findings lead you to this conclusion?
6. Do the cities differ in terms of the likelihood of graduation after four/five years of college? If so, how do the cities differ? What findings lead you to this conclusion?
7. Based on your findings, make recommendations regarding which cities should be dropped from the recruiting efforts. At approximately $10,000 per city, how much money can be saved without having an impact on Devon’s recruitment mission?
8. How confident are you of your recommendations?
Devon College has always enjoyed a wonderful reputation for providing a liberal arts education, and recently Devon has been recognized as one of the top 25 educational values in the country among private universities. Alumni are frequently quoted on how positive their experiences were while on campus. Indeed, Devon has established a track record for graduating students who are in demand. It places its graduates in some of the nation’s finest professional and graduate schools and in some of America’s top companies.
Devon College is located in a rural community in upper New England. It is a small, liberal arts institution with an enrollment of just over 2,000 students. While it draws 80 percent of its student body from the New …show more content…
The demand for higher education has fallen due to the drop in college-aged students, the increased costs for providing education has risen due to inflation, and donations and other gifts have fallen due to the depressed economy during the past several years. While these trends do not project disaster for the college in either the near or long term, the Chancellor of Devon College, Bill Stevens, has asked each unit on campus to examine its expenditures and insure that college monies are being spent …show more content…
Are the yearly samples different from each other on any variable? Explain. What findings lead you to this conclusion?
3. Do the cities differ in terms of the percentage of persons who receive offers and actually enroll as freshmen? If so, how do the cities differ? What findings lead you to this conclusion?
4. Do the cities differ in terms of the percentage of freshmen who finish their first year of study? If so, how do the cities differ? What findings lead you to this conclusion?
5. Do the cities differ in terms of the GPA’s of students who finish their first year of study? If so, how do the cities differ? What findings lead you to this conclusion?
6. Do the cities differ in terms of the likelihood of graduation after four/five years of college? If so, how do the cities differ? What findings lead you to this conclusion?
7. Based on your findings, make recommendations regarding which cities should be dropped from the recruiting efforts. At approximately $10,000 per city, how much money can be saved without having an impact on Devon’s recruitment mission?
8. How confident are you of your recommendations?