There was a time when only football coaches and presidents had news-making salaries at colleges and universities. Now top admissions officers--i.e. sales managers--are the subject of this NYT story:
"The University of Chicago was where fun went to die. Tulane University was where you could die from too much fun.
"Neither place liked its reputation, but in 2016, both felt confident enough in changes on their campuses that they started offering an early decision option for student applicants. Apply by November (or January for the “Early Decision II” option) and get an answer weeks later. You just had to agree to attend if you got in.
"Within a handful of years, two-thirds of Tulane’s first-year class had taken the deal. The University of Chicago found so much success that it recently added an opportunity to apply even earlier, in some cases before the senior year of high school has even begun.
"The enrollment chiefs who made this all happen also found success.
"According to federal filings from 2023, Chicago’s vice president for enrollment and student advancement, James G. Nondorf, received $967,000 over a year from the university and “related” organizations. At Northeastern University, the executive vice chancellor and chief enrollment officer, Satyajit Dattagupta, got $1.079 million in compensation after decamping in 2022 from Tulane, where he had a strong run in a similar role."
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"James Murphy, who works with Class Action, an advocacy organization, recently ranked schools on this early decision advantage — the difference in admissions rates between early decision and the “regular” round, when applicants get an answer later. Northeastern ranked first, with an early decision advantage that was over 11 times as large. Tulane was second, and its figure was over five times. "
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