Associate Dean, Enrollment and Student Success

Position Summary:

The Associate Dean of Enrollment and Student Success at the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (HCOM) provides oversight of admissions, recruitment, enrollment management, financial aid, student affairs, academic progression, wellness, professionalism, career development, student engagement, and student success initiatives, ensuring an integrated student experience from recruitment through graduation.

The Associate Dean develops and implements comprehensive strategies to recruit, enroll, support, retain, and graduate highly qualified osteopathic physicians committed to improving the health of Ohio’s rural, urban, and underserved communities. Working collaboratively with academic, clinical, financial, and administrative leaders, the Associate Dean advances a student-centered educational environment, promotes student achievement and well-being, and ensures compliance with university policies, institutional priorities, accreditation standards, and applicable financial aid requirements.

• Lead the College’s enrollment and student success strategies, aligning resources and operations with institutional priorities.
• Serve as the principal advisor to the Senior Dean on enrollment, financial aid, student success, and student affairs.
• Lead organizational planning and change initiatives that strengthen enrollment, student outcomes, and operational effectiveness.
• Execute complex administrative decisions involving enrollment, student progression, crisis response, and institutional policy.
• Recommend policies and strategic initiatives that advance institutional effectiveness and accreditation compliance.

• Lead the College’s Strategic Enrollment Management plan, integrating recruitment, admissions, financial aid, retention, and student success.
• Establish enrollment goals and forecasting models using market intelligence, demographic trends, predictive analytics, and institutional data.
• Evaluate recruitment strategies, scholarships, and pipeline programs to optimize enrollment and institutional resources.

• Provide strategic oversight of financial aid operations, scholarship administration, and regulatory compliance.
• Align financial aid strategies with enrollment, affordability, retention, and graduation goals.
• Monitor financial aid utilization, student indebtedness, and related metrics to inform institutional planning.

• Provide executive leadership for student success initiatives, including academic progression, academic support, wellness, professionalism, engagement, career development, and professional identity formation.
• Oversee academic progression processes, including remediation, academic coaching, leaves of absence, reentry, and other interventions that promote student success.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve student retention, persistence, graduation, residency match outcomes, and overall educational success.
• Oversee student conduct, professionalism, disciplinary processes, and appeals in accordance with College and University policies.
• Lead student behavioral intervention, crisis response, and the resolution of complex student concerns in collaboration with university partners.
• Collaborate with university partners to ensure coordinated student support services, including health, counseling, disability accommodations, wellness, financial wellness, resilience, and belonging.

• Direct career advising, residency preparation, mentoring, and professional development initiatives.
• Oversee residency advising, ERAS preparation, mock interviews, and transition-to-residency programming.
• Foster student leadership, engagement, service learning, and…