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Attracting Prospective Graduate Students
through the Web Site
Analysis and Redesign of a Department Website
Lori BrunnerCI 603
Spring 2006
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Overview of Presentation
• Project purpose• Major tasks• Survey of prospective graduate students• Existing conditions (current web site contents)• Search & analysis of “good” web sites• Recommendations• Mock-up
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Purpose
The purpose of this project is to provide ideas and suggestions for a redesign of a section targeting prospective graduate students. More and more, students are relying on the internet for searching for graduate studies. Thus, this section is very important for university departments.
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Major Project Tasks
• Survey prospective graduate students• Review existing conditions (current web site contents)
• Search & analysis of “good” web sites• Recommendations & strategies• Mock-up
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Survey of Graduate Students
• Results
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Review of Existing Conditions
• CI Dept Website– prospective graduate students section
http://www.ci.hs.iastate.edu/prspstud/grad/homepage.php
– Analysis
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Example Web Sites
• UW-Madison Dept of Civil Engineering• Duke University• ISU College of Design• Analysis
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Recommendations and Strategies
• Reorganize– Highlight department accomplishments
• “Tell a Story”– Alumni, faculty, current students
• More Information– Course web page template with information on all
courses offered in dept programs– Faculty research information
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Mock-up
• Example web site design– http://www.public.iastate.edu/~lbrun/PGS-
home.htm