Convocation Speaker
               Aug, 2007

Information about Scott F. Healy, Ed. D.

Scott Healy has been involved in admissions, enrollment management, retention, and financial aid at small, medium, large, and very large public and private colleges and universities for the past 35+ years. His career has taken him to the following institutions: Penn State, Southern Methodist University, Ohio State, Alfred University, The University of Oklahoma, The College of St. Rose, Indiana University, Utica College of Syracuse University, and Adelphi University.

Scott earned his B.A. from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1969, M.A. from Syracuse University in 1972, and his Ed.D. from Penn State University in 2000. He has served for many years on the Presidential Scholarship Selection Committee for the Department of Education and on many other Corporate Scholarship Selection Committees associated through ETS and ACT; has been a featured educational speaker throughout the United States and in Europe as a representative of the Departments of Defense and Education; has appeared on many national and regional television and radio programs such as The Today Show; has authored and co-authored many articles and books on various aspects of higher education; co-founded the Annapolis Institute, established in 1988, which has served over 1100 colleges and universities in the development and enhancement of their alumni, parent, and student volunteer programs in support of new student recruitment; has served on various committees and spoken on many programs of The College Board, NACAC, AACRAO, NAGAP, ACT, and ACAPOU; and presently serves as Senior Educational Consultant for CollegeNET, the leading company in electronics forms processing for admissions and other areas of higher education.

In his career, he has been responsible for enrolling approximately 250,000 students into higher education. In 1998, Scott retired from higher education and developed his own educational consulting firm - Scott Healy & Associates. His "Associates" include many talented and skilled educational professionals who "stand ready" to be connected to each project undertaken by Scott Healy and Associates. Together, the Associates represent about 250 years experience in Higher Education.