Trying to figure out enrollment?

Balancing competing demands has always been a foundational part of enrollment management. Evolving markets, changing demographics, eroding public confidence, and shifting student and parent behavior are making it harder.

You need someone to help you navigate both traditional and emerging obstacles to enrollment success.

I’m Jon Boeckenstedt, and I’ve practiced in admissions, financial aid, and enrollment management for over 40 years.

I’m here to help.

Is this you?

President or Provost

Your trustees mean well, but they ask a lot of questions that start off with, “Why don’t we just…”

You could use someone to conduct a Board Education Session.

CFO

Your institutional financial aid budget makes no sense. Why is your discount rate rising? And why are projections so hard now?

You want someone to translate complexity into clarity.

New VP EM

Ten years in admissions or financial aid never gave you the chance to connect the dots like you have to now.

You want someone on call to help you with the intricacies of those relationships.

Tech Guru

You can code SQL in your sleep, and Python doesn’t scare you. But you can’t figure out how to create a report the VP likes.

Let me help you straddle the chasm between data and insight.

Strategic Planner

It’s clear: Your university wants it all. But you’re not sure people understand the tradeoffs of every goal you put to paper.

I can help cut through the clutter and the confusion.

Operations Manager

Are your processes and systems working for or against your enrollment goals? Should you fine tune or start from scratch.

Let’s talk through the different approaches together.

This is me

Jon Boeckenstedt, Principal, Enrollment VP

I’ve been practicing Admissions, Financial Aid, and Enrollment Management for over 40 years, and have worked in three time zones at the widest possible range of colleges and universities you might imagine: Small, private and non-selective; small with a niche market; a large, urban private universities with a public mission, one of America’s original public land grant universities; and a highly selective liberal arts college.

You may have read some of my writing about the professions I’ve been in, and the data that enrollment management professionals can and should use almost every day on my two blogs: Admitting Things and Higher Ed Data Stories.

Or perhaps you’ve seen me in Slate, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Academic Impressions, in a textbook for graduate students in higher ed, and in the Washington Post. I’ve been interviewed by the New York Times, NPR, This American Life, and dozens of podcasts. I’ve been featured in a best-selling book on college admissions, spoken to and interviewed thousands of students, and I’ve given more presentations at professional conferences than I can attempt to count.

It’s likely I’ve dealt with the exact challenges you’re experiencing, and it’s likely I can help.

Your free, 30-minute, no-obligation discussion starts with a click.

Experienced

Over 40 years as a practitioner in Admission, Financial Aid, and Enrollment Management

Data-driven

More than 20 years of experience using Tableau software to help people understand college data

Solutions-focused

Practical advice and recommendations based on your enrollment needs.

FAQs

  • The answer, of course, is that it depends. Short operational audits or other small projects start at $7,500 plus travel expenses, if any.

  • During over 40 years in the profession, and over 20 as senior enrollment officer, I've consulted with several colleges on a variety of enrollment challenges.

  • I only take a few consultations per year, to ensure you get my full attention. I don't work from templates, recipes, or pre-determined products or solutions.

    While I may make recommendations, I don't take referral fees from any other consulting firm or vendors.

  • Send me an email, or fill out the form to schedule your free, no-obligation discussion.