Luke Schultheis, Ph.D., is a higher education consultant who supports institutions through interim leader roles. His initial career was in hospitality management in New York City, from which he transitioned into a faculty member, chair, and founding dean before devoting his career to enrollment management. His passion is improving access as well as completion, having incorporated non-cognitive assessments at many institutions as a means to improve outcomes. These assessments were developed alongside William Sedlacek.
Dr. Schultheis has extensive experience bringing his business acumen to higher education with a keen focus on identifying metrics aligned with strategic plan goals and assessing the ability of the institution to meet those goals. He has participated in the development and implementation of campus-wide strategic plans at each institution he has served. Through his leadership, colleges and universities attained significant improvements in national rankings as well as net tuition revenue contributions and a reduction in equity disparities with degree attainment.
He has served as the inaugural vice president for enrollment, strategic planning and effectiveness at Fairleigh Dickinson University, after leading the Neighborhoods and retention work at Michigan State University – the national model for combined living-learning – and as liaison to the University Innovation Alliance. Previous work experience included overseeing 22 units as the inaugural vice provost of strategic enrollment management at Virginia Commonwealth University and leading the enrollment management and student services portfolio at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Additional leadership roles included serving as the founding dean of the School of Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts at Monroe College. He was selected to mentor three universities on financial aid and student retention work through the APLU, and served as elected vice president for admissions and enrollment management on the AACRAO Board of Directors for three years.
He has authored book chapters and journal articles on higher education and has made more than 80 presentations at national conferences and served on several prominent journal editorial review boards.
Dr. Schultheis received his Ph.D. in Education Studies – Higher Education Administration from the University of Nebraska, an Ed.M. and M.A. in Higher Education Administration from Columbia University, an M.S. in Hospitality Industry Studies: Asset Management from New York University, a B.S. in English: Poetry from the City University of New York Baccalaureate Program and an A.S. from Johnson & Wales University.
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