How do enrollment offices offer concierge admission at scale? Maile Uohara and Jenna King join co-hosts Ari Betof and Christian Donovan to discuss how schools experiencing a high volume of admission applications organize a process where applicants and their families are individually assisted and supported through the admissions process so that they feel valued, seen, and known.
Apr 17, 2024
40 min
How should schools evaluate alternative transcripts? Mike Flanagan, CEO of Mastery Transcript Consortium®, joins co-hosts Ari Betof and Christian Donovan to trace the evolution of the typical American transcript and explore how enrollment professionals can best understand applicants when presented with competency-based, narrative, and other transcripts.
Mar 28, 2024
44 min
Is the independent school business model broken? How would we know? What are the myths and realities of the independent school business model? Join us as we explore these questions with Jennifer Osland Hillen, Chief Learning Officer, and Elizabeth Dabney, Director of Research and Data Analysis, of the National Business Officers Association (NBOA).
Oct 24, 2023
54 min
How do you drive strategic change from inside your school (without running out of political capital)? Join us as we explore this question with Victoria Muradi, Director of Strategic Initiatives at Durham Academy (NC) and a member of the EMA's Board of Trustees.
Jul 6, 2023
44 min
Are you ready for the next big thing? Will there even be a single next big thing? What have we learned from the last next big thing? That's the topic of our conversation with Jill Goodman who recently wrote a great blog post on this very topic!
Dec 22, 2022
37 min
How should we involve other adults in an independent school community in conversations about enrollment? That's the topic of our conversation with Christian Donovan, head of school at Friends School of Baltimore (MD).
Nov 8, 2022
43 min
As a leader new to a school there is much to learn. You have experience, skill, and a valuable network but there is one thing you may not know: your new market. How do you go about learning about an unfamiliar market? That's the topic of our conversation with Christian Donovan, head of school at Friends School of Baltimore (MD).
Sep 8, 2022
40 min
How do we build, influence, and impact school culture through the enrollment office? It's a great question submitted by a listener! Join us as we explore the answer to this question with Carney M. Heavey O'Brien, Co-Director of the Roberts Field School (NY).
Sep 1, 2022
41 min
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