These grants support both implementation and planning efforts to redesign how students access and navigate higher education. Projects focus on integrating admissions, financial aid, advising, and enrollment systems to create more seamless, student-centered experiences.

Scot will be writing a chapter on System-level Strategic Enrollment Management and how our SEM focus needs to broaden to greater societal impacts through broad coordination of enrollment goals and outcomes.

myFootpath, the leading higher education partner in helping former students reengage and complete their degrees, announced today that Scot Lingrell, Ph. D. has joined the organization as a Senior Advisor.

“From the very beginning, Dr. Lingrell has been a staunch supporter of eCampus, believing it’s a strategic imperative for the University System of Georgia. Recently, he was honored with our eCampus eHero award for going above and beyond for students.

Dr. Lingrell authored the application leading to winning $100,000 Semifinal Connecting Talent to Opportunity Challenge Prize from the US Department of Education. During the Challenge, states will build or scale Talent Marketplaces that include credential registries and use learning and employment records to help workers translate their learning and experience into machine-readable, industry-recognized competency statements that can connect them to skills-based job opportunities. The challenge aims to strengthen alignment among workforce, education, and economic development systems and reduce barriers to employment.

Read an extensive interview with Dr. Scot Lingrell about the current state of Strategic Enrollment Management and his more than 35 years of experience in the field.

What if colleges offered acceptance before your student even applied? Join Road2College for a free webinar on direct admissions—programs where colleges proactively offer acceptance to students who meet academic criteria like GPA or test scores, without a traditional application—featuring Scot Lingrell, Vice Chancellor of Enrollment Management & Student Affairs for the University System of Georgia