Committee Charge
To take a comprehensive approach to the enrollment of students at the University of Mary Washington. Specific tasks for the committee’s work include the following:
- Formulating and recommending to the president short-term and long-range enrollment projections for the University and its component colleges and programs;
- Compiling and analyzing comprehensive data concerning student enrollment and retention, including data for relevant student subgroups;
- Examining existing and ongoing institutional research on student engagement and student satisfaction to determine areas of strength and concern that impact enrollment;
- Determining additional research that should be conducted to gain understanding of enrollment and retention issues and ensuring that this research agenda is carried out;
- Examining issues of student academic success and persistence and recommending strategies for maximizing student success;
- Developing recommended retention goals and strategies for improving student retention;
- Monitoring progress toward approved enrollment and retention goals.
Committee Membership
The committee consists of the following members:
- Taiwo Ande, Assistant Provost for Institutional Analysis and Effectiveness
- Virginia Ashley, Director of Reporting and Decision Support
- Kimberley Buster-Williams, Associate Provost for Enrollment Management
- Rita Dunston, Registrar
- Richard Finkelstein, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
- Nina Mikhalevsky, Interim Dean of the College of Education
- Jane Huffman, College of Education chair of the Dept. of Foundation
- David Klein, Class of 2013
- Paul Messplay, Executive Director of Budget and Finance Analysis
- Lynne Richardson, Dean of the College of Business
- Cedric Rucker, Associate Vice President and Dean of Student Life
- Marion Sanford, Director of the James Farmer Multicultural Center
- Debra Schleef, Chair and Professor of Sociology
- Juliette Landphair, Vice President for Student Affairs
- Mukesh Srivastava, Associate Professor of Accounting and Management Information Systems
- Mathew Wilkerson, Director of Institutional Research
- Malcolm Holmes, Director of University Marketing
- Timothy O’Donnell, Associate Provost for Academic Engagement and Student Success
- Melissa Jones, Assistant Dean of Student Involvement
- Melissa Yakabouski, Director of Undergraduate Admissions
