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Creating a Planning Culture
Joanne Soliday, Founding Partner/Owner; Joretta Nelson, Ph.D., Vice President; Tim Fuller, Vice President
The most successful independent colleges and universities commit to a planning culture. Learn how to develop a continuous planning process, a shared vision for the future, and move your institution’s team to higher levels of effectiveness.
Trends in Private Higher Education
Tom Gavic, President, Founding Partner/Owner; Joanne Soliday, Founding Partner/Owner
Learn about the latest trends in private higher education, including student recruitment and retention, state and federal funding, communicating identity, mission and value, and other emerging trends in today’s higher education market.
Surviving to Thriving™
Tom Gavic, President, Founding Partner/Owner; Joanne Soliday, Founding Partner/Owner; Joretta Nelson, Ph.D., Vice President; Tim Fuller, Vice President
Our research shows successful institutions have a shared vision and a habit of reflection and intentionality. This presentation focuses on five pillars that both challenge and help an institution thrive.
A Culture of Student Success
Joretta Nelson, Ph.D., Vice President
Explore how to create and organize an integrated process for improving retention and campus-wide student success. Take your campus from eating and sleeping to living and learning.
The Importance of an Early Alert System
Joretta Nelson, Ph.D., Vice President
Learn how implementing such systems as a part of a comprehensive strategic retention plan can yield positive results in first-year retention rates, and an increased coherence in the campus community’s understanding of supporting student success.
Creating High Performance Teams
Tom Gavic, President, Founding Partner/Owner; Joanne Soliday, Founding Partner/Owner; Tim Fuller, Vice President
Learn how to create a cohesive and engaged leadership team that is enabled to make and implement strategic decisions that meet the mission, vision, and values of your institution.
Creating Successful Development Operations
Bill Fahrner, Chief Operating Officer
Learn how to enhance the effectiveness of the annual fund, expand the donor base, and strengthen the major gifts program to create a more financially sound institution.
Creating a High Performing Board
Bill Fahrner, Chief Operating Officer
Fiduciary responsibility, changing student demographics, and market niche and governance all impact institutions and their boards. Learn how to face these challenges in an exemplary fashion, ensuring institutional success.
A Practical Approach to Enrollment Research
Tim Fuller, Vice President
Learn how to implement best practices strategically within your communication flow, travel planning, and overall budget.
Metrics Matter
Tim Fuller, Vice President
How do you know whether your institution is investing the right amounts of resources in the admission budget and staff? What are the most relevant comparisons to make for budget and funnel numbers? Understand what to do with this information to bring desired change on your campus.
The Dysfunctional Funnel Analogy
Tim Fuller, Vice President
Better understand your enrollment systems for dealing with increased top level funnel traffic while ensuring your admission team is armed with a predictive modeling system to help them prioritize their work.
So What Does a Chief Enrollment Officer Do Anyway?
Tim Fuller, Vice President
The role of the chief enrollment officer has always been critical, but perhaps no more so than it is today. Understand the four distinct categories and duties of a chief enrollment officer: leader, relationship broker, analyst, and strategist.
Foundations of Enrollment Research
Matt Stimpson, Ph.D., Director of Research
Understand how to focus your recruitment efforts on inquiries most likely to enroll at your institution from the framework of the three levels of institutional action.
The 90-Day Student Housing Renovation
Tom Gavic, President, Founding Partner/Owner; Carolyn Glime, AIA, NCARB, Vice President; Kevin Rolling, AIA, LEED® AP, Senior Project Manager
Learn how your institution can create a student residential experience that is comfortable, developmental, respects your institution’s mission, and creates a sense of community and belonging. Explore how to renovate an existing residence hall during one summer with no loss of revenue.
Campus Design
Tom Gavic, President, Founding Partner/Owner; Carolyn Glime, AIA, NCARB, Vice President; Dean Rodeheaver, Ph.D., Vice President
Learn how to comprehensively align your physical environment with your strategic goals. Blend your institution’s experience and design to realize the total campus experience you desire.
Adult Education
Allan Mitchler, Vice President
Adult students are the fastest growing population in higher education today. Learn how to better understand their unique needs in a highly competitive environment through recruitment and retention efforts.
Key Strategies in Marketing Communications
Ryan Morabito, Vice President
Learn how to raise visibility and positively impact enrollment using key marketing plan strategies best suited for your institution.
Marketing in the Digital Age
Ryan Morabito, Vice President
Learn how to successfully implement a digital marketing plan and better understand social media basics to help enhance your enrollment efforts.