Lay the foundation for enrollment growth and sustainability.
How do you create a data-informed strategic enrollment plan that meets enrollment goals, optimizes your academic offerings, and achieves long-term sustainability? How can you take a holistic, institution-wide view that includes key areas such as institutional branding, financial aid, and student retention?
Explore these critical topics at the 2026 Encoura + RNL Strategic Enrollment Planning Executive Forum. This interactive event for campus leaders will offer two days of key strategies, innovative ideas, insightful discussions, and candid exchanges on the challenges that enrollment leaders face. Our time together will lay the foundation for data-driven strategic enrollment planning that paves the way for your institution's growth and longevity.
Forum Registration
1-2 registrants – $695/per person
3+ registrants – $595/per person
Bring a team to spark discussion and create momentum for implementing new strategies.
Forum Location
The Bellevue Hotel
200 S Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Encoura Special Rate: $269 + $20 destination fee
Available until March 30. Rooms may sell out sooner—please make your hotel reservations early.
Who should attend?
For maximum benefit, bring your entire cabinet or executive leadership team to evaluate high-impact strategies that cross divisional lines.
- Presidents and Chancellors
- Chief Enrollment Officers and Vice Presidents for Enrollment
- Provosts and Chief Academic Officers
- Chief Student Success Officers and Vice Presidents of Student Affairs
- Chief Financial Officers
Agenda overview
Tuesday, April 14
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:00-8:00 a.m. | Check In & Breakfast |
| 8:00-8:30 a.m. | Welcome & Introductions |
| 8:30-10:00 a.m. | Preparing for the Process of Planning: Campus Readiness |
| 10:00-10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15-11:00 a.m. | The Power of Data When Establishing, Implementing, & Tracking a Strategic Enrollment Plan |
| 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Elevating the New Student Recruitment and Enrollment Marketing Strategy |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Lunch: Observations & Lessons Learned From Campus |
| 1:00-2:00 p.m. | The Role of Academics in Strategic Enrollment Planning |
| 2:00-3:00 p.m. | Financial Aid: A Key Partnership in the Strategic Enrollment Plan |
| 3:00-3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15-4:15 p.m. | You Have to Know Your Brand Neighborhood to Own It |
| 4:15-5:15 p.m. | The Key to a Strategic Enrollment Plan: Retention & Student Success |
| 5:30 p.m. | Opening Reception |
| 6:30 p.m. | Free Evening to Enjoy Philadelphia |
Wednesday, April 15
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:00-8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:00-9:00 a.m. | Reflections on Past Strategic Initiatives: Fireside Chat with a Campus |
| 9:00-10:00 a.m. | Interactive Breakout Sessions |
| 10:00-11:00 a.m. | Interactive Breakout Sessions |
| 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Interactive Breakout Sessions |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Pulling It All Together |
| 1:00-3:00 p.m. | Encoura Team Available for Questions/Brainstorming (optional) |
Register now for the
2026 Strategic Enrollment Planning Executive Forum