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The concerted effort is most likely underway because Padilla and his cabinet have been so blindly banking on the hopes of making VU an HSI. Padilla and the new. p of Enrollment and Marketing failing

Makes you wonder who's more full of bs about the enrollment figures? The Registrar agrees with the Facebook post btw

Poindexter = Homerun Hire

It's all about retention and net tuition. And not to beat a dead horse, they didn't retain the right people for that. The new VP is in over her head and needs to get rid of the director of Admissions Bart.

The official headcount and final numbers comes from the Registrars Office.

Confirmed by the Registrar that's when they report it to the DOE and HLC

From the US Department of Education:

2023 Census Dates

September 7, 2023: Census Day for Fall 2023

September 8, 2023: Capture of Degrees Conferred and End of Term Data Capture for Summer 2023

Final reporting numbers (Census) is after week 3

This leads back to my previous statement on folks needing to be on the same page. The troubling fact remains that the VP of Enrollment and Marketing has two numbers floating out there. And why on the official VU Facebook page (which the Enrollment & Marketing runs) have something different? If it's wrong, you'd think someone would change it.

I just don't understand how the VP of Enrollment tells Valpopal wrong info of 602 new freshmen and over 100 transfers. Just own up to your numbers, don't need to shy away from not hitting your goals. It's been on that downward trend for years.

I think what is the most troubling of all this enrollment figures is that not everyone is on the same page. From Official VU Facebook posts which is run by the VP of Enrollment and Marketing Office and the Provost, you'd think they'd have the same message. I mean get your  together people. The new VP of Enrollment and Marketing is way in over her head on this and to have split verbiage on enrollment figures is very disturbing. Once again I trust Allison Urbanczyk in the Registrar's Office to give the true enrollment figures.

What happened to Brittany Anderson? Did she leave the athletic department

Would like to see the net tuition numbers of each class cohorts. That's the true balance indicator if your enrollment numbers are down.

Also why would Padilla say wrong enrollment figures. You'd think both the president and VP of Enrollment would be on the same page.

What's your source on the actual numbers then? Allison Urbanzek (sp?) in the Regisrtrar has an exact number. Plus the true numbers will be once census hits after week 3

Paul wake up. Not everything is sunshine and roses. Valpo is on bad trajectory and you can't say otherwise

That reeks of desperation honestly.

What happened to Brittany Anderson? Did she leave the athletic department?

I'm going to beat the dead horse again, but Valpo Admin missed the mark in not retaining and promoting the right people.

22 maybe your so called view is marred from where your head is up?

2 places she's been at with higher enrollment classes from previous years and higher net tuition isn't a coincidence. Once again I'm not going to get in a pissing contest, but facts are facts. Bart Harvey ain't going to cut it, and neither is Padilla's friend hire. When Ray Brown was at VU, he was grooming Welch. Just ask upper administration about Welch and they'll all tell you the same thing, she pulled people together, had great plans and had amazing traction in retention. Like I said Valpo dropped the ball I'm not bringing her back.

Lastly when they have articles about her in Higher Ed publications touting her as the next rising star in Enrollment, it's just embarrassment to VU. Good luck

And guess what? Enrollment and net tuition was up at Chicago State when she was there, just like it is at Hiram. Just sayin'

Welch was in the Retention role before Padilla. She left and when Brian left, Dr Andrea's name was suggested for Padilla to reach out to her because majority of administration and faculty told him. Unfortunately he did not take the advice of A LOT of people already on campus. The strides she made in retention and strategies for that and enrollment were going to make waves but once again Padilla had his own agenda. I'll go in more detail through personal message if you want more. If not, I'm done with this subject because I prefer not to get into a pissing contest

VU84, Valpo was in good hands a couple of years ago with Stacy Miller and Andrea Welch,  it Valpo failed to retain them. Welch has now made miraculous strides at the institution she's at with achieving enrollment goals and retention. Padilla could have had her, but his arrogance and hiring a familiar friend has been a negative to the success of the university.

Like I said earlier I can go on more, but why waste my energy when it will fall on deaf ears. I've been in many campuses as an administrator but VU has been the most dysfunctional

One of the main obstacles in VU's enrollment woes is Bart Harvey. He can't keep doing the same thing over and over again and think something different is going to happen. Padilla and his new golden child in Enrollment better get a better plan than hinging their hopes in making VU an HSI. Great in theory, but the enrollment cliff soon approaching is only going to make VU's enrollment cohorts shrink even more than it is.

Once again VU let good people leave when they could have retained them. Those folks in the Provost wing had vision in terms of retention and enrollment that was working. Then the shift of leadership has changed the momentum that was built.

Trust me, I could go on and on with this, but like Padilla and his COS, it will fall on deaf ears.

I'm not in the mood to ruffle feathers or get in a pissing contest, so good luck