When innovation failed miserably

The more I read about this admissions and enrollment cycle, the farther back my mind goes: Sometimes it wanders all the way back to my first college fair program in Eagle Grove, Iowa, and the first student I ever talked to (I remember his unusual first name, so I went to Classmates, but that particular […]

The Wildfires of College Enrollment

I recently had the chance to congratulate a colleague who announced her retirement on LinkedIn.  “Well done,” I typed.  “You made it out the other side unscathed.” It was, of course, a bit hyperbolic, a knowing nod from me to someone who also worked in enrollment management at a large public university.  In our jobs, […]