Creating a Tuition-Free Semester Model - The EvoLLLution
The EvoLLLution (Evo): What did it take to make the Norbert’s Ninth Concept a reality? Brian Bruess (BB): It really didn’t take much. Ed Lamm, our vice president for enrollment management, called me one day last summer and pitched me this beautifully conceived idea. It was at a time when we were facing uncertainty about what the pandemic might mean for fall. Should students take a semester off? Should they take a year off? A gap year? There were all these questions for families, creating doubt and uncertainty in the college choice process. So, Ed proposed this idea, which would take some...