Vice President of Enrollment Management

Presbyterian College seeks their next Vice President for Enrollment Management to serve as a strategic partner to the President and a member of the President’s Cabinet . This leader will guide comprehensive enrollment strategies that support sustainable growth, strong net tuition revenue, and academic quality in alignment with the College’s mission .

The Vice President, Enrollment Management reports directly to the President and serves as a member of the President’s Cabinet. This senior executive position has strategic responsibility for leading all aspects of enrollment management at Presbyterian College, including undergraduate and graduate admissions, financial aid, recruitment, retention, and student yield strategies. The Vice President for Enrollment Management holds primary accountability for achieving enrollment-driven net tuition revenue targets and works in close partnership with the Vice President of Finance and Administration to align enrollment strategy, financial aid policy, and pricing decisions with institutional sustainability goals.

The Vice President provides visionary leadership to develop and implement comprehensive enrollment strategies that ensure sustained positive enrollment growth, optimize net tuition revenue, and maintain high academic standards while supporting the College’s mission and strategic objectives. This role requires exceptional strategic thinking, collaborative leadership, commitment to mentoring and developing staff, and deep understanding of enrollment management best practices in the competitive higher education landscape.

• Develop and implement comprehensive enrollment management strategies for both undergraduate and graduate programs that align with institutional strategic goals and market dynamics;
• Provide sound, consistent, and strategic direction for all enrollment processes, focusing on sustained positive enrollment and revenue results across all academic programs;
• Think creatively about enrollment strategy while maintaining and continuously improving high academic standards for admission at both undergraduate and graduate levels;
• Guide strategic discussions regarding multiple and often competing enrollment goals including class size, academic quality, net tuition revenue, and student diversity;
• Analyze national and international market dynamics and challenges to provide context and broad perspective for institutional planning.
• Serve as a key partner to the Vice President of Finance and Administration in aligning enrollment strategy with institutional financial planning, including tuition pricing, revenue projections, and long-term sustainability modeling. Support the President in communicating enrollment-related financial strategies and outcomes to the Board of Trustees, as appropriate.

• Direct the undergraduate and graduate admissions and financial aid operations as an integrated, high-performing team;
• Recruit, develop, mentor, and inspire professional staff to achieve exceptional performance and career growth, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development;
• Champion the critical importance of personal interaction and relationship-building throughout the enrollment process, ensuring staff understand that a genuine human connection is central to successful recruitment and student decision-making;
• Manage and optimize student recruitment processes to meet entering class size, academic quality, and net tuition revenue objectives for all programs;
• Create and sustain a culture of shared ownership of enrollment management across the campus community;
• Educate the campus community about best practices in enrollment management and emerging trends in higher education.

• Manage net tuition revenue targets in close collaboration with the President’s Cabinet, especially the Vice President of Finance;
• Provide strategic leadership over institutional financial aid strategy, including discount rate management, aid leveraging, and scholarship optimization, ensuring alignment with enrollment goals,…