Jon Boeckenstedt is vice provost for enrollment management at Oregon State University.
Stories by This Author
The Review | Opinion
Some workers will have to approach their jobs very differently.
The Review | Essay
Unreasonable expectations have become more unreasonable.
The Review | Essay
National trends are interesting — but enrolling students is a local challenge.
The Review
Almost all the instruments colleges would normally use to predict the fall are broken.
The Review
Five admissions leaders on the pandemic’s impact — and what can be done about it.
The Review
The current crisis could — hopefully — be the tipping point in a test-optional landslide.
Proof
For parents and students, a great deal of the current uncertainty about selecting a college may vanish overnight. Not so for colleges.
Proof
Too often, the author argues, the admissions office is the chief obstacle to low-income, first-generation, and minority students’ efforts to gain access to college.
Commentary
Students serve an important role in catering to a sub-industry that rewards colleges for rejecting the largest percentage of applicants.