Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Holistic & Systemic Thinking
Leadership & Management
The Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management oversees the division of Enrollment Management including more than 90 staff members working in the following departments: Pre-Collegiate Programs, Enrollment Systems, Research, and Analysis, Financial Aid, Graduate and International Admissions, Military and Veteran Services, Registrar, Student Persistence and Success which includes the Office of First Year and Transitional Advising, Learning Support Services, Testing Services, Academic Support Office, and Undergraduate Admissions.
The VCEM will join a university community that is committed to making social mobility possible for all individuals and entire families through its high-quality educational experiences and commitment to inclusive excellence, as outlined in the University’s Strategic Plan. This includes the opportunity to help shape the future of SIUE by transforming the enrollment management infrastructure and strategy to make SIUE a destination of choice for students who seek something greater.
The VCEM is expected to be ambitious, creative, collaborative, and data-driven with a focus on making meaningful progress toward reaching SIUE’s strategic plan targets. These include an enrollment target of 14,500 while ensuring strategic growth that reflects SIUE’s commitment to inclusive excellence, our values, and goals; reaching 90% retention, a four-year graduation rate of 45% and a six-year graduation rate of 75%, while ensuring that equity gaps are closed.
The successful candidate will embrace the bold targets set forth in the University Strategic Plan and work collaboratively with Deans and other divisions to ensure that SIUE is well-positioned to serve its goals of access and affordability while ensuring inclusive excellence. They will work collaboratively with key constituencies to leverage data to understand and strategically enroll the University’s current enrollment markets, develop and enter new markets, and shape policies and processes that will support the University’s commitment to access and degree attainment for a diverse community of learners. The VCEM will have the opportunity to shape and formalize enrollment management processes that greatly improve efficiency across the campus, inclusive of students, their families, and University constituencies.
A major priority for the VCEM will be the implementation and evaluation of a bold, highly adaptive strategic enrollment management plan that includes innovative solutions that foster and support recruitment, enrollment, and retention, and are responsive to the changing demographic of learners and the competitive student market.
The VCEM should be familiar with the scope of enrollment management best practices within higher education, including predictive data analytics, institutional research, marketing, maximizing the utility of an enrollment CRM, and campus visitor experience. Poised at a moment of opportunity, the next VCEM will serve as a member of the Chancellor’s Council and provide innovative, forward-thinking vision that leverages the commitment of SIUE Enrollment Management and University leadership to move SIUE to implement strategies and practices that respond to national trends and are best-in-class. They will provide reliable and trustworthy counsel to the Chancellor and Provost on all matters related to enrollment management, including transparent communication associated with major decisions and important division matters. This position requires a talented and visionary individual who will work to develop innovative strategies in collaboration with academic units and key constituents to successfully create and execute efficient enrollment strategies.
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