Lauren Lewis

Senior Associate Director of Enrollment and Director of Inclusion and Diversity

Foxcroft School

Matt Lai

Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management

Avenues Silicon Valley

Marilyn Flores

Senior Associate Director of Admission Operations

Worcester Academy

Meg Shannon

Assistant Director of Admission

Boston University Academy

Ray Cross

Director of Enrollment Management

St. Andrew's School

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Powerful forces shape independent school enrollment.

As an independent school enrollment leader, you know this all too well. From net revenue concerns, to finding the right-fit students, to increasing financial aid requests, to ever-shifting industry data, the factors that impact long-term enrollment strategies are varied and complex.

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Enhance your marketing efforts with powerful recruitment tools — such as Student Prospect Lists and The SAO — to find, reach, and easily process applications.

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Assessment tools like The SSAT and The Character Skills Snapshot, along with personal member support, help schools drive smart enrollment decisions.

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EMA’s industry-leading data dashboards, specialized research, and market and trend analyses help schools operationalize information and set smart enrollment strategies.

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“We feel we have a better idea of who our kids are. The content of our conversations evolved.” Lakeside School (WA) discusses how The Character Skills Snapshot ensures a more holistic admissions process.

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Do you need every-day tactics to inform how your faculty and advisors reach out to families or big picture templates for tracking a large number of families and their concerns? Join us!

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Enneagram & TeamBuilding: Communicate to Connect with Others

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You will learn about each type’s communication approach and style. This will help you navigate conversations, resolve conflict, manage projects more effectively with others.

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Enneagram & TeamBuilding: Hit Your Peak Performance

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What Our Members Say

Ginny Bachman

Director of Admission & Financial Aid
St. Luke’s School (CT)

“The Student Application Online is a game-changer. We receive all parts of the application in a more streamlined fashion, can customize components for our different divisions, and have seamless processing with our backend enrollment management system."

Julie Anderson

Head of School
Cheshire Academy (CT)

EMA’s Heads Institute was one of the most gratifying professional development experiences I have had in my career. My sincere thanks to all who collaborated to make the conference such a meaningful experience.

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