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Empowering IT/IS Careers: Expo Success & Enrollment Growth Strategy

Dive into the results of student surveys, enrollment trends, and industry engagement from the IT/IS Expo. Gain insights on planning, promotion, and next steps for the CIS program. Explore survey feedback on CIS awareness and factors influencing major selection. Observe how enrollment numbers for CIS majors, minors, and pre-majors have evolved over the semesters. Discover the range of majors CIS minors are active in. Get a comprehensive overview of the Expo's impact and future initiatives to boost enrollment and student involvement in IT/IS.

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Empowering IT/IS Careers: Expo Success & Enrollment Growth Strategy

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  1. Enrollment committee discussion • IT / IS Expo debrief • Student survey results • Update on enrollment numbers

  2. Have a Blast & Change the World IT & IS Career Expo • Goals: • External – educate students on and promote career paths in IT/IS • Internal – develop heightened interest and increase enrollment in CIS major • Planning • 4 months: logistics, passport, recruitment, materials • Promotion • Planning and coordination was led by Rebecca Harmon • Expo held on March 1

  3. Attendees • 130+ Students

  4. Business representatives • 28+ representatives

  5. Thank you to our participating business organizations… • Parker Hannifin • Progressive • Hyland Software • UNCOMNtv Network • Acumen Solutions • Covalence LLC • Goodyear • Ernst & Young • Bennett Adelson • Allstate Insurance • MPS Global

  6. Also in attendance… • Faculty from CIS, CS and DSCI • Academic Advisers • MISA representatives • Additional support staff • Student volunteers

  7. Planning & ideas for next year

  8. CIS major / minor student survey • Why perform a survey? • Enrollment committee was looking for a tangible way to measure the success of marketing and communication efforts • Provide MISA with feedback • Take a pulse of the currently declared major and minor students

  9. Survey highlights • Distributed to 311 currently declared students • 9 questions • 70 responses • Thanks Cathy Bakes!

  10. Survey Results: Initial Awareness of CIS *Exploring Business: 9 *13 responses of “Other” *Computer Applications: 19

  11. Initial Awareness “Other” Comments: • Compliments my Professional Skillset • Campus tour while still in high school. Dean Liz and others from the college of business were very friendly and I liked that CIS was through the college of business here at Kent. • Explore degrees website (GPS) • Requirement for Aeronautics – Aviation Management • High School • E&Y Employee Presentation in class • Found it myself • I’ve always had a knack for computers • Have always known of a CIS major • Academic Advisor - College of Business; said Best major for IT • Advisor in college of technology • My Uncle does CIS work and turned me on to it.

  12. Survey Results – Deciding Factor Cathy Bakes Geoff Steinberg Ryan Conlon MuraliShanker

  13. Deciding Factor “Other” Comments: • Relevant Work Experience in Field • Minor aligns with current work experience/path • Being very computer savvy and always wanting to manage IT systems, caused me to choose CIS major • My ex girlfriend pressured me • I wanted to be a computer science major, but I am not good with the math, so I had to choose this instead. • Requires fewer math courses than a Computer Science major • I took an IT class the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center

  14. Would you recommend the CIS major / minor to others?

  15. Please indicate your current CIS major, pre-major, or minor status

  16. Please describe your level of involvement with MISA

  17. Progression of enrollment numbers CIS majors Fall 2009: 51 Spring 2010: 64 Fall 2010: 110 Spring 2011: 119 Fall 2011: 184 Spring 2012: 182 CIS minors • Fall 2009: 16 • Spring 2010: 21 • Fall 2010: 24 • Spring 2011: 36 • Fall 2011: 39 • Spring 2012: 42 CIS pre-majors • Fall 2009: 145 • Spring 2010: 156 • Fall 2010: 137 • Spring 2011: 125 • Fall 2011: 88 • Spring 2012: 65 Total headcount

  18. What majors are our CIS minors students involved in? • Aeronautics (13) • Accounting (12) • Finance (4) • Business mgmt (3) • Marketing (3)

  19. Questions?

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