In a few weeks AISAP will launch our Certification in Admission and Enrollment Management (CAEP) Level 1 Charter Class, and we continue to meet with school leaders interested in strengthening their operational systems through our Consultancy Services. As well, we learn about you and your present-day needs through our growing menu of Roundtables, Leadership Summits, Bright Ideas Meetings, and webinars. Our unwavering commitment to your work each day is evident in our mission and our mantra, “At AISAP, we admit it, you are our why!”
But we also need to examine the future. What will admission and enrollment management professionals of tomorrow and years to come need to be successful? What skills and attributes will required of them? How can we best train a rising generation of professionals and leaders? Visionary strategic thinking and astute analysis are essential to meeting your future needs.
Today this work lives virtually in AISAP’s online Center for Admission and Enrollment Management Leadership. Our reach and impact continue to grow through the programs offered by the Center as part of our dedication to professional development with an ethos of innovation and exceptional service. The Center is, and will be, the representation of our future.
Therefore it is with great excitement that I share with you that beginning in July 2016 Ray Diffley, Director of Admission at Choate Rosemary Hall (CT), will serve as Director of AISAP’s Center for Admission and Enrollment Management Leadership.
Ray will have as his primary responsibility the identification of strategic work to support and advance the programs and services offered through the Center. Ray will work with the AISAP team to coordinate and manage the evolution and innovation of all aspects of AISAP’s professional development curricula. As Director, Ray will work with me to identify research projects and strategic opportunities in admission and enrollment management leadership to ensure that our programs and services are always relevant and forward-looking.
Furthermore I am delighted to announce that the currently virtual Center for Admission and Enrollment Management Leadership will now have a physical home at Choate Rosemary Hall—what we call a perfect fit. Choate is renowned for its advocacy in research, professional development, and strategic thinking in enrollment and institutional advancement, and as momentum built toward the launch of AISAP’s Certification for Admission and Enrollment Management Professionals (CAEP), head of school Alex Curtis expressed keen interest in having Choate Rosemary Hall serve as the inaugural host for our Center. Given Choate’s proximity to AISAP’s main office and its passion for innovative thinking and leadership development, the new partnership will ensure the ongoing evolution of premier professional learning opportunities.
So on this day I am thrilled to proclaim this news to our community. We are exceptionally fortunate to have someone with Ray’s experience and industry knowledge to lead the Center for Admission and Enrollment Management Leadership into the future. His appointment, like the new CAEP, the expansion of our Consultancy Services, and our many other programs, signals AISAP’s commitment to being the leading professional resource in our industry.
If you have not already met Ray Diffley, I hope you will find an opportunity to get to know him at one of the upcoming events at which he will be a part of the AISAP presence—and there’s always the 2016 Annual Institute in Fort Worth!
With pride and enthusiasm,
