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Social Media in the Admissions Process
By Teresa Valerio Parrot, Vice President

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2010

Late last month I was honored to present an Academic Impressions webinar with Widmeyer’s Dr. Doug Usher, and Ann McDermott, director of admissions for College of the Holy Cross.  We discussed considerations for using social media in the admissions process (you can find a copy of our presentation here).
We had strong interest from colleges and universities [...]


Defining the Board’s Role in Crisis Communications


After a well received webinar on governing board and staff officer roles in a crisis, former University of Colorado board chair and Regent Emerita Patricia Hayes and Widmeyer’s own Teresa Valerio Parrot were asked to pen a companion piece for the Association of Governing Board’s Trusteeship magazine.


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New survey on college admissions — but how useful is it?
By Doug Usher, Ph.D., Senior Vice President

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2009

The Chronicle of Higher Education posted a commentary about a new survey of high school seniors, which has been making the round among college and university administrators.