What Does a Proprietary School Director of Admissions Do?

A very important career college job is the position of Director of Admissions.

What does a proprietary school director of admissions do?

First of all, a proprietary school is a two or four year, for profit career school that offers a diversity of subjects. Most of the for profit career schools or career colleges offer two year technical degrees in fields such as health care, engineering, graphic arts, other arts, business, or information technology.

A proprietary school director of admissions is typically responsible for managing a staff of admissions reps who endeavor to attract prospective students to their school or career college. The size of the staff the director will manage will vary by the size of the career school and career schools vary widely by the number of students attending.

The reason this is one of the more difficult career college jobs is that the Admissions Director must continually find creative ways to attract new students. In addition to attracting and recruiting students to the career college, the proprietary school director of admissions must keep the student retention rates high. The director of admissions will manage a staff most of the time unless the school is very small. If there is a staff there may be adult admissions reps and high school admissions reps reporting to the position. These individuals specialize in recruiting adult students to the campus or visit high schools to talk about what their particular career school has to offer.

In order to qualify with an executive recruiting firm, the proprietary school director of admissions must have prior experience as an admissions rep or admissions director.

For more information or to submit a resume for a career college director of admissions position please contact Margaret Dunn at maddunn@aol.com Either my partner Brad or I will get back to you directly.

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