ALP: The Admissions Leadership Podcast

David Burge on Rational Transfer Policy, the Value of Service, and Oxford Commas

Ken Anselment/David Burge Season 8 Episode 3

Get ready for an episode rife with random references when David Burge, VP for Enrollment Management at George Mason University and winner of the Margaret E. Addis Service to NACAC Award, joins the ALP to discuss ADVANCE, a model transfer partnership between GMU and Northern Virginia Community College. Warning: this episode contains eye-rolling dad jokes. Listener discretion is advised.

Rapid Descent

  • Walkout song: Champion by Fall Out Boy
  • Best recent read: "My email."
  • Eager to read next: See above
  • Favorite thing to make in the kitchen:  Mail order spice packets have inspired his cuisine, which includes hundreds of NYT recipes, five of which he has made.
  • Taking and keeping notes: email
  • Memorable bit of advice: "Marketing drives applications; relationships build enrollment."
  • Bucket list: "I would like to live in Europe."

Check out RHB Academy at Claremont McKenna. Nov. 17.

The ALP is supported by RHB. Music arranged by Ryan Anselment