Recruitment Strategies of Dietetic Programs

Student recruitment is an important and integral part of any successful dietetic education program. The purpose of this study was to measure the timeliness and quality of responses to a letter of inquiry sent to 54 Coordinated Programs (CP), 110 Approved Preprofessional Practice Programs (AP4), 95 i...

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Published in:Journal of the American Dietetic Association 1995-09, Vol.95 (9), p.A70-A70
Main Authors: Holdt, C.S., Digh, E.W., Hsiao, V.H.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Student recruitment is an important and integral part of any successful dietetic education program. The purpose of this study was to measure the timeliness and quality of responses to a letter of inquiry sent to 54 Coordinated Programs (CP), 110 Approved Preprofessional Practice Programs (AP4), 95 internship programs and the admissions offices of 267 educational institutions. A total of 332 responses were received from dietetic programs and 343 from admission offices. The average “wait time” for a reply was 31 days for admissions offices. Coordinated programs responded within 21 days while AP4 and internships responded in 24 and 20 days respectively. Admission offices sent significantly more pieces of information than programs (P
ISSN:0002-8223
1878-3570
DOI:10.1016/S0002-8223(95)00596-X