Former college VP to deliver Oxford address
The man who hopes to be the next president of the Bermuda College will be making a jaunt to the hallowed educational halls of Oxford University in the UK this summer.
Controversial former Bermuda College vice-president Dr. Donald Peters has been chosen to present a paper at an educational conference to be held at the university.
Dr. Peters -- who left the College last summer but is reportedly competing for the currently available post of president -- will be presenting a paper entitled `Enrolment Management and Student Affairs: Who is Really Managing Enrolment on Campus'.
He will take up the topic at the Oxford International Round Table for Senior Student Affairs which will be held from July 28 to August 3. Dr. Peters was selected from among a number of American candidates.
Since leaving Bermuda College, Dr. Peters has been employed as Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrolment Management at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
A press release from SUNY Plattsburgh said that Dr. Peters increased enrolment at Bermuda College by 38 percent and before that increased enrolment at the University of Mississippi by 11 percent.
"Dr. Peters believes that enrolment starts at the first point of student contact with the university and continues through graduation and beyond,'' said the statement. "Consequently enrolment management is the responsibility of an entire institution.'' In the paper he intends to present at Oxford, Dr. Peters suggests that universities must devote more resources toward retaining the students that are already on campus than they do for recruiting.
He argues that Student Affairs Divisions on campuses are in the best position to manage the universities enrolment initiatives and programmes.
Over his three year tenure at Bermuda College Dr. Peters was outspoken on many issues including falling entrance standards and poor staff work attitudes.
He left his position six months early and was paid $85,000 by Government to do so.
Dr. Peters was succeeded as vice president by Bermudian Dr. Larita Alford.
