Dean for Enrollment Management (Vice President)
Wabash College
The Opportunity Overview
Wabash College is seeking a strategic and entrepreneurial Dean for Enrollment Management (Vice President) to lead the recruitment and financial aid efforts that will shape the future of one of the nation's only all-male liberal arts colleges. Reporting directly to the President and serving on Senior Staff, this leader steps into a role with rare institutional weight — at a college whose alumni network, career outcomes and tradition-rich culture give it a recruiting story few peers can match, and whose distinctive mission asks for a recruiter who can tell that story with conviction.
The Dean will provide strategic leadership across Admissions and Financial Aid, directing a team of eight senior-level professionals, owning the comprehensive recruitment and aid strategies that bring each new class to campus. This is a role built for someone who thinks in both vision and numbers — designing merit and endowed scholarship strategy, optimizing student revenue, diversifying and expanding recruitment pipelines through community partnerships and using data to forecast and shape enrollment in a demanding national market for residential liberal arts education.
The ideal candidate brings significant, progressively responsible leadership experience in admissions and enrollment management, a track record of building and executing recruitment plans that deliver results and the analytical sophistication to navigate financial aid leveraging and enrollment forecasting. They are a confident communicator and relationship-builder, equally effective rallying a team, partnering across Senior Staff and articulating the value of a Wabash education to prospective students, families and counselors — and they bring a genuine commitment to access, student success and a diverse student body.
About Wabash College
Founded in 1832, Wabash is a private liberal arts college for men. Begun when a group of Dartmouth-educated ministers founded it on what was then the western frontier, the College has for nearly 200 years educated countless doctors, lawyers, business leaders, teachers, scientists and entrepreneurs. Its 900 students come from 31 states and 28 countries, governed by the Gentleman's Rule and united by meaningful traditions. With a faculty nationally ranked for accessibility, innovative WabashX programs and a first-destination placement rate north of 95% over the last decade, Wabash delivers exceptional outcomes — graduates earn an average mid-career salary of $155,800, tops in its peer associations. Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 National Liberal Arts College in Indiana and anchored by an endowment of approximately $515 million, Wabash stands today on remarkable institutional strength.
Location
Crawfordsville, Indiana
