Enrollment Leaders on the Edge

(From Chronicle of Higher Education) The enrollment and admissions field is losing top talent even as the stakes of enrollment work are getting higher, according to reporting by Chronicle of Higher Education. Enrollment professionals that spoke with the Chronicle say they are rethinking their career choices, with some resigning out of exhaustion, frustration and disillusionment. Several factors are to blame, namely the intensifying financial challenges at tuition-dependent private colleges and rising expectations from presidents to expand enrollment. At the same time, enrollment professionals say colleges are reluctant to provide additional staff, funding or technology in support of such goals. 

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