TY - JOUR AB - The ever-changing landscape of higher education presents enrollment management (EM) professionals with challenges related to workload, staff morale, conflicting values, staff turnover, and student satisfaction. As higher education confronts the reality of today’s enrollment climate, it is time to consider how organizational cultures impact staff well-being and, by extension, the quality of service provided to students. This article provides a comprehensive exploration of the transformative journey undertaken by the University of California, Merced’s enrollment management (EM) team to reshape its organizational culture, emphasizing the importance of aligning norms and values with a student-ready mindset. Building upon a previous article titled “The Relationship Between One-Stop Support and New Student Enrollment” (Perry 2023), the authors discuss practical concepts, leveraged by one institution, for developing an enrollment management centralized service model that focuses on meeting the needs of current students while fostering a sense of belonging for staff. AU - Lisa Perry and Erin Webb CY - Washington, DC DA - EP - IS - 1 J1 - Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly J2 - SEMQ JA - SEM Quarterly JF - Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly JO - Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly L1 - LA - EN SP - T1 - Fostering a Culture of Care for a Student Ready Institution UR - fostering-a-culture-of-care-for-a-student-ready-institution VL - 12 Y1 - 2024/4/24 Y2 - 2024/5/24 ER -