Recruiting Activities
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies engages in a number of activities designed to recruit students to degree and certificate programs. During 2000:

• Over 2,800 application packets were mailed out for graduate programs in AYSPS; all graduate applications were made available online at the AYSPS website.

• AYSPS sponsored a pizza lunch with Andrew Young: Ambassador Young talked about policy and answered students' questions about the B. S. in Urban Policy Studies program. Invitations went to 2,100 selected freshman/sophmores; the first 50 students received t-shirts specially designed for the event.

• Economics faculty contacted 903 economics departments on three continents via e-mail with information about the M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics programs: 60 schools in Africa, 358 in Europe, 271 in Central and South America, 195 in Asia, and 19 in Oceania.

• By invitation of the Office of International Services and Programs, the AYSPS Doctoral Coordinator and one of our Mandela Scholars met with OSEAS advisors from Africa who work primarily for U.S. embassies assisting students who want to study in the U.S. The trip was sponsored by the National Association of Foreign Student Affairs and the U.S. State Department.

• In October, the aviation program coordinator and students participated in two staff Benefits Fairs held by Delta Air Lines at their Atlanta headquarters in order to promote B.S. in Urban Policy Studies aviation classes offered onsite at Delta University and the new Aviation Certificate program. Posters advertising the program were designed and distributed. The fair took place at the Technical Operations Center, the second at the Reservations building. The handout materials, which included several hundred copies of new informational flyers and a new multi-color brochure, were completely exhausted at both events. Delta employees asked many questions about the program.

• In November, a program was initiated in which over 200 Georgia high schools will be visited. Informational materials will be supplied to guidance counseling offices and seminars will be held at several key schools. Information on aviation careers and the aviation studies program at Georgia State University will be presented at the seminars. Representatives from Delta Air Lines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines will participate.

• Bill McAllister, B.S.-UPS-Aviation, wrote an article for the GSU Signal about the history of GSU's aviation program and career opportunities in the field, "Putting Students First."

• James Alm, Chair of the Department of Economics, has spoken with the chairs of the economics departments at Morehouse College, Spellman College, and Oglethorpe University, and will be visiting these campuses, as part of an effort to recruit students to graduate school at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies.

• Kelly Edmiston and Ben Scafidi discussed economics and careers in economics with gifted mathematics students at Newnan High School.

• One thousand posters for Ph.D. in Economics were distributed to institutions in the U.S. and abroad.

• OAA staff met with new advisors in the Office of Admissions, the Student Advising Center and with student volunteer leaders of Incept to familiarize them with AYSPS undergraduate programs. They developed informational brochures about degrees in economics and public policy for distribution to new students.

• PAUS faculty participated in GE Capital Career Week to inform employees about the MS-HRD and other graduate programs.

• Associate Dean Paula Stephan, OAA staff and three Mandela scholars now attending AYSPS met with new Mandela scholars from South Africa during a breakfast at the airport to discuss the graduate programs and advantages of studying at GSU.

• OAA staff represented GSU at career days at Georgia Perimeter College and North Georgia College and State University, and participated in advisement days at Georgia Perimeter's counseling center to meet and recruit potential students.

• OAA staff participated in the marketplace at a New Student reception for students (and their parents) admitted to summer and fall undergraduate programs.

• Staff participated in the Georgia Resident Assistant Saturday Seminar, hosted by the GSU Housing Office, for more than 500 undergraduate students from colleges and universities in Georgia.

• Faculty in Public Administration and Urban Studies and OAA staff held four information sessions for the B.S. and M.S.-HRD degree programs at the Atlanta Federal Building and participated in a 3-day Career Development Workshop for federal employees.

• Faculty and staff participated in Legislative Appreciation Night at the Georgia Railroad Depot; Information was widely distributed, including to legislative staff members interested in the joint public policy program.

• AYSPS alumni, faculty and staff participated in Panther Preview to introduce prospective students and their parents to GSU.

• The Economics Department hosted a campus visit for prospective doctoral students to introduce them to current students and faculty, and to give them an overview of the research interests of the faculty and resources available on campus.

• The Doctoral Coordinator visited local colleges and spoke with students in economics about the advantages of GSU and a graduate degree in economics.

• A brochure announcing the 2000 Summer Policy Internship program was sent to selected faculty at approximately 5,000 institutions in the U.S. to recruit rising seniors with an interest in policy studies to intern in AYSPS research centers.

• All students accepted into the J.D. program in the College of Law for Fall 2000 received a brochure describing the M.P.A./J.D. program and a letter inviting them to talk with an advisor about the joint degree.

• Prospective and current students interested in aviation and transportation received a quarterly Aviation Newsletter published by the Public Administration and Urban Studies department.

• All undergraduate students who were admitted to GSU as "undecided majors" were sent a letter inviting them to consider a major in economics or public policy.

• All students who indicated an interest in majoring in economics were sent a letter from the faculty advisors for the B.A., B.S., and B.B.A. in Economics degrees giving an overview of the programs and career opportunities, and inviting them to join the Economics Club.