A Day in the Life: Post-Secondary Education Administrator

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Instructions

Read through a Day in the Life of your new job. Use the word bank to drag and drop the missing words into the correct spot to complete the worksheet.

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You arrive at the 1. ______________________  building by 8:30 am, ready to tackle whatever the day might bring. You pour yourself a cup of coffee in the staff kitchen and then scroll through the unread emails in your inbox with the goal of answering as many student and staff inquiries as possible before your first meeting. You encounter an unexpected issue with an international 2. ______________________  who has not been granted her study visa, which will allow her entry into the United States to attend the graduate school. This problem must be resolved immediately, since courses start in a week! You make phone calls to the immigration department and her home college to investigate. After an hour of contacting various officials, you call the student to confirm that the visa will be in the mail by the end of the day, and she is very grateful. With that admissions issue sorted, you hurry to the boardroom for a 10:00 am meeting with the student orientation 3. ______________________ . They outline the activities for welcoming the new graduate students, and you approve the plans. On the way back to your office, you check in with the financial aid counselor about another student who was having trouble applying for graduate funding. A month ago, you contacted the state government on his behalf, and you hope that the application for financial aid has now been approved. The counselor looks up the student’s file and confirms that the funding was processed in time, so he can begin his program this semester. You are pleased to send the student a follow-up email about the orientation activities he will soon attend. At noon, you head to the faculty club to have lunch with a colleague who teaches business classes. You discuss college issues over soup and salad, and then slip back to your office to catch up on more emails and paperwork. You review the financial history of the admissions department and begin drafting the annual 4. ______________________ . Based on the evidence of the rising cost of running the school, it seems you made a good choice to increase the number of students admitted to the graduate business programs this year. While lost in thought about the budget, you suddenly remember that you have to present a strategic 5. ______________________  plan to a committee comprised of deans and the school’s director! You race to the boardroom and set up a PowerPoint presentation about the new advertising campaign, which aims to improve enrollment for students in the courses best suited to their academic strengths. You are especially proud of the proposal for providing financial aid to international students while they study at your school. The enrollment strategy is well received, and the committee offers many positive comments and suggestions. For the last part of the day, you prepare promotional materials for the recruitment presentation that you will be delivering to several colleges next week—which happen to be in India! You leave the office promptly at 4:30 pm, since you have a long flight in the morning and you still have to finish packing. You enjoy representing the school abroad and educating young people about new opportunities, especially since 6. ______________________  international students has the added benefit of making your school a more diverse institution. Your job may sometimes be heavy on the paperwork, but you feel lucky that the position allows for such wonderful travel opportunities.