Federal Mandate 4.6 (accurate recruitment materials)
Recruitment materials and presentations accurately represent the institution’s practices and policies. 

Compliance
North Carolina State University is in compliance with this mandate.

Explanation
NC State University ensures that its recruitment materials accurately represent its practices and its policies.  Undergraduate materials are produced and reviewed by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions; graduate materials are produced and reviewed by the Graduate School.  The individual colleges produce and review supplemental materials for both undergraduate and graduate programs.  Copies of representative university publications are enclosed with the Compliance Certification.

Official recruitment materials are posted on the Web and are documents of record for NC State University.  These recruitment materials are authoritative and accurate because they are updated as soon as changes in programs and policies are approved.

Undergraduate Programs
The NC State University Office of Undergraduate Admissions has primary responsibility for the recruitment of undergraduate students.  The office publishes all official recruitment literature, including specialized targeted publications and admissions web pages.  Its print and online recruitment materials and presentations are reviewed by the university’s colleges and schools to ensure that they are consistent with institutional practices and policies.

Both printed information and information on the Web are reviewed for accuracy and updated by the undergraduate admissions office.  All admissions presentations to prospective students and parents are developed to provide information that is consistent with our print publications and website.  Specialized recruitment materials that have been produced by individual academic units are reviewed for accuracy by the colleges, as certified by the appropriate academic deans.

The following documents are available in print: the prospective student guide, the freshman bulletin, transfer student information and application, prospective undergraduate international student information, an honors brochure, and a welcoming diversity brochure.   

Graduate Programs
Graduate School recruiters provide general information in several formats, such as the Graduate Catalog, in addition to the material on the Graduate School homepage.  Recruiters distribute the graduate school brochure, a graduate school web page information sheet, and departmental brochures when available.  NC State University has also developed a recruitment CD that can be viewed at recruitment fairs or sent to potential graduate students.

The Graduate School reviews and updates all printed recruitment materials before sending orders to the printer.  Recruiting materials published by the departments and colleges are reviewed by the respective deans’ offices in the same way.  In addition, the university posts official recruitment material on the Web; it is updated more quickly and more frequently.

Distance Education

The Distance Education office has primary responsibility for distance education recruitment materials, provided in both print and electronic form. The Distance Education Web page and the electronic version of the DE catalog are regularly reviewed and updated to provide accurate and complete information, and DE print catalogs, marketing materials, and electronic advertisements are scrutinized by DE administrators, campus entities, and program coordinators. Specific DE program literature—in both print and electronic format—are verified and approved by the appropriate academic department.

Supplementary Information
NC State University is committed to educating North Carolina’s diverse population, and historically it has focused on science and technology, hence its recruitment materials tend to emphasize these perspectives and practices. 

Recruitment materials for the Summer Research Experience (SRE) target students who are interested in science and technology.  Minority students can explore diversity enhancement programs, Minority Graduate Education (MGE) Program, and Bioscience Research Initiative for Doctoral Graduate Education (BRIDGE) Program.  All information about these programs is provided through brochures, on the Web and listed in the graduate catalog.

References

• The BRIDGE Program (http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/Grad/BRIDGE/) encourages underrepresented populations to pursue doctoral degrees in the biomedical and life sciences; BRIDGE partners, activities, financial support, and an application form are available at this website

• The Distance Education Web page (http://distance.ncsu.edu); recruitment documents are attached  

• Graduate and undergraduate recruitment documents are attached

• The Graduate Catalog (http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/grad_catalog/catalog.htm) provides informational material for graduate students concerning requirements, procedures, and program information necessary to complete a graduate degree at NC State University

• The Graduate School Homepage (http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/grad/) provides links to information for prospective graduate students, current graduate students, and faculty regarding Graduate School news, events, activities, requirements, calendars, and funding

• The MGE Program (http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/grad_fellows/MGE/MGE_FRAMES1.htm) is designed to create opportunities for students from underrepresented populations to earn doctorates

• The Office of Undergraduate Admissions (http://www7.acs.ncsu.edu/uga/)

• The Summer Research Experience at NC State  (http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/grad_fellows/MGE/SRE.HTM) is part of the MGE Program and is designed to cultivate interest and capabilities in research and graduate study among undergraduates through hands-on summer research in an area of their interest

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