Scott Healy & Associates was formed in 1998 after Dr. Scott Healy spent over 30 years in leadership enrollment management positions at nine (9) colleges and universities. This background provided him with the knowledge to understand that all institutions can benefit from professional assistance in enrollment management whether they are challenged to meet their enrollment targets or even if they are reaching their goals without difficulty. As a primary objective, all institutions of higher education have a goal of wanting to plan and execute a means for staying ahead of their peer institutions. Having a fresh pair of experienced eyes looking at what other institutions are doing to ensure enrollment stability is an invaluable resource for assistance in all aspects and phases of enrollment management. With three decades of experience in admissions, enrollment management, financial aid, registration, and student affairs, Scott set out to work with those institutions that could benefit from the value-added experience, knowledge, and insight he and his Associates can provide colleges and universities.

Conducting National Searches: Over the past 13 years, Scott Healy & Associates has conducted more than ninety (90) national searches in the areas of admissions, financial aid, enrollment management, registrar, and student affairs. Of those searches, thirty-five (35) institutions contacted Scott Healy and Associates to conduct a search after the institutional search failed to bring about a positive search outcome. For all thirty-five institutions, Scott Healy and Associates was able to bring about a successful search completion.

Placing Interim Professionals: Another core service Scott Healy and Associates provides is to place experienced and successful enrollment professionals at institutions where there is a vacancy in a leadership position within the enrollment operation. Vacancies come about at inopportune times because of sickness, maternity leave, dismissals, other job opportunities, and death. Scott Healy and Associates will place an Interim Director/Dean of Admissions, Vice President for Enrollment management, Registrar, and/or Vice President for Student Affairs from three (3) to twelve (12) months. Scott has partnered with some of the most experienced and successful enrollment professionals (See Associates) in all the areas of enrollment management.

Institutional Enrollment Audits: Scott Healy and Associates provides senior management with comprehensive assessment and evaluation services of their current operations for enrollment management functions including admissions, registrar, enrollment management, and student affairs. Such audits and assessments are based on best practices principles within the profession. Scott Healy and Associates has extensive knowledge and resources for assisting the higher education community with these comprehensive evaluations by using and deploying our team of Associates. All of our Associates have industry-leading skill sets.

Financial Aid Leveraging: One of the most important services provided by SH & A for higher education today is financial aid leveraging initiatives. Institutions are looking to accomplish through leveraging initiatives increased new student enrollment, decreased discount rate, increased retention and graduation rates, an increase in the academic profile of the entering class, and an increase in underrepresented student populations.

Since 1998, Scott Healy & Associates has served about 130 institutions of higher education. References for all services will be provided as needed.

Dr. Scott F. Healy has been involved in admissions, enrollment management, student affairs, and financial aid at small, medium, large, and very large private and public colleges and universities for the past four decades. 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 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 2300 colleges and universities in the development and enhancement of 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.

In his career, he has been responsible for enrolling approximately 250,000 students into higher education. In 1998, Scott "retired" from higher education and formed 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.

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CollegeNET- Senior Educational Consultant: Using 4 decades of admissions and enrollment management experience, Scott has worked with many educational institutions in the public and private sector on the use of the Internet, WWW, and the latest technology used to communicate with, recruit, and enroll new students. It is using the "personal" recruitment techniques of the past in the "technology age" of the 21st Century that is so important to colleges and universities today. The Internet and the WWW have changed the work world so dramatically and we must be knowledgeable on how to use their power.

The Howard Design Group - Educational Consultant: Scott has been involved for many years in the development and design of College Web sites and Recruitment/Outreach publications. Partnering with the Howard Design Group, Scott is using the experience and expertise of a design firm dedicated to working with Higher Education.

The Yardley Research Group: A consulting practice focused on increasing the competitiveness of its client institutions. Among its consultants, it has collectively more than 150 years of experience working in and around education. For this reason, clients can be sure that the Yardley Group will create solutions that respect the cultures if its university clients and that are compatible with best practice in the field. The Yardley group brings a wealth of comparative experiences to bear on its clients' particular problems and issues. Though its practice began in the area of developing student recruitment strategies, it has done work related to research competitiveness, the creation and structuring of interdisciplinary graduate programs, particularly in biomedicine, the measurement of faculty instructional productivity in light of changing institutional characteristics, infrastructure planning, feasibility analysis, and institutional change. In short, the principals and staff of the Yardley Research Group have developed a capacity to solve strategic problems related particularly to research universities and generally to institutions seeking improvement or change in stature. The Group's current projects include the development of doctoral programs for research-intensive state university, the development of professional master's programs for small private comprehensive university, the re-engineering of a graduate admissions operation for a major public research extensive university, and an assessment, on behalf of several major land-grant universities and public flagships, of doctoral programs in preparation for the National Research Council Study slated to begin in Summer 2005.

The Newest Tools of the Trade: Scott has worked with a variety of companies that assist colleges and universities in using the latest technology to include: Predictive Modeling, Geodemography, Telecounseling, Segmentation Messaging, and Financial Aid Leveraging. To recruit new students in the 21st Century, professional admissions officers will be required to use the newest technology available and be knowledgeable and comfortable using them.

Annapolis Institute - Co-founder and Senior Faculty Member: since 1988, this unique Institute has served more than 1100 colleges and universities and more than 1850 professional admissions and alumni officers. The Annapolis Institute has established itself in higher education as the leading conference in the country on using Alumni, Parent, and Student Volunteers in the admissions profession.

Featured Speaker: Scott has been involved with many educational organizations in support of higher education for three decades: The College Board, NACAC, ACT, NAGAP, AACRAO, The Departments of Defense and Education. He has spoken throughout the country and throughout various parts of Europe on a variety of subjects to include Admissions, Scholarship and Financial Aid, Retention, Preparing for College, Choosing the Best College, Technology, Marketing, and Enrollment Management.

The Associates: A very important part of the firm Scott has developed is the "partnerships" he has formed with some of the most experienced and competent enrollment management professionals in the business today. In addition, he has partnered with a financial aid consulting firm, technology companies, a publications design firm, and others who bring special expertise and talents to higher education.

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