FAMU hires VP for Enrollment Managment

FAMU is attracting more Vice Presidents than students. The newest addition to Castell's team is Mrs. Danielle Kennedy-Lamar. Danielle is the former Director of Admissions & Recruitment at Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL. See: ASU Key Personnel

A look at the student profile of Alabama State students turned up the following:

Number of applicants: 5,816
Number accepted: 3,968
Number enrolled: 1,129
Median SAT score: 407 verbal, 397 math
Median ACT score: 16
Average high school GPA: 2.62
Transfer applicants: 656
Transfers accepted: 306
Transfers enrolled: 172

Ala. State
SAT/ACT Test Scores

First-Year Students Percent Who
Submitted Scores
SAT Reasoning Verbal: 330 - 430 16%
SAT Reasoning Math: 330 - 430 16%
ACT Composite: 13 - 17 72%

At first glance we notice that, ASU's conversion rate of turning admited students into actual students lags far behind FAMU's dismal conversion rate of 38%. Further, the highest score on the ACT is 34; you only need a 16 to be accepted to Alabama State. Also, the highest score on the SAT is a 1600 and you only need a 800 to be accepted to ASU. Once upon a time this was not FAMU's stock student.

By contrast, here's a profile of the typical FAMU student:

average SAT 1040
average GPA 3.21
average ACT 22

Are these the types of students that Ms. Kennedy-Lamar and Castell will be attempting to attract to FAMU? Are these the types of student's that they feel comfortable talking too?

Until FAMU finds itself a qualified permanent leader, we will continously attract administrators like Mrs. Kennedy-Lamar, Rufus Little, and Debra (I had to leave that last job in a hurry) Austin.