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Faculty question wait time on student applications
Emily Iorg
Issue date: 3/12/07 Section: News
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Jennifer DeHaemers, director of Admissions, attended last week's faculty senate meeting to quell concerns about the time it takes academic units to receive student applications.
Senate Vice-Chair Steven Driever, geosciences, said an international student applied and received a letter in February that eight items from the application file were missing, though the items had been sent. One person from International Student Affairs Office, which processes international student applications, said the materials were in. Another said they were not.
That could have happened if the materials were sent to a place other than admissions, DeHaemers said.
Faculty senate Chair Gary Ebersole also had concerns with application processing.
"It's a perennial problem," Ebersole said. "I literally have to go from one office to another to piece together a student's application."
One student sent application materials to UMKC and was told they did not arrive, Ebersole said. An applicant sent materials through FedEx, which someone at the University signed for, and two weeks later the applicant was told the materials did not arrive.
Another student filled out an online application Oct. 28, 2006, and by Feb 15, Ebersole's department had no file on the student.
Secretary Laura Gayle Green, libraries, said colleagues in the Conservatory had concerns about timing and the admissions process.
"They have expressed much frustration because there are auditions involved," Green said.
Twelve to 15 Conservatory faculty members have this concern, Green said, and find it difficult to offer scholarships with such little turnaround time.
DeHaemers gave a PowerPoint presentation explaining the process and how new software programs have sped it up. She stressed that the Admissions Office offers a central location to keep application information. Also, it allows the office to report how many students applied and were admitted or denied, required by law.
Senate Vice-Chair Steven Driever, geosciences, said an international student applied and received a letter in February that eight items from the application file were missing, though the items had been sent. One person from International Student Affairs Office, which processes international student applications, said the materials were in. Another said they were not.
That could have happened if the materials were sent to a place other than admissions, DeHaemers said.
Faculty senate Chair Gary Ebersole also had concerns with application processing.
"It's a perennial problem," Ebersole said. "I literally have to go from one office to another to piece together a student's application."
One student sent application materials to UMKC and was told they did not arrive, Ebersole said. An applicant sent materials through FedEx, which someone at the University signed for, and two weeks later the applicant was told the materials did not arrive.
Another student filled out an online application Oct. 28, 2006, and by Feb 15, Ebersole's department had no file on the student.
Secretary Laura Gayle Green, libraries, said colleagues in the Conservatory had concerns about timing and the admissions process.
"They have expressed much frustration because there are auditions involved," Green said.
Twelve to 15 Conservatory faculty members have this concern, Green said, and find it difficult to offer scholarships with such little turnaround time.
DeHaemers gave a PowerPoint presentation explaining the process and how new software programs have sped it up. She stressed that the Admissions Office offers a central location to keep application information. Also, it allows the office to report how many students applied and were admitted or denied, required by law.
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