SEM and the Student Journey: The Role of SEM in Student Engagement

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Topics

Retention, Student Success

Article Type

SEMQ Article

Professional Proficiency

Enrollment Management

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Author(s)

Stanley E. Henderson retired from the University of Michigan-Dearborn where he served as Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student Life from 2005–2015. In that role he provided leadership to campus enrollment efforts that resulted in record enrollment and championed a spirit of community to grow student engagement to new levels.

Henderson has long been a national leader in developing new models for universities to better recruit and retain students. He served as associate provost for enrollment management at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign from 2003–2005 and as associate vice president for enrollment management at the University of Cincinnati from 1995 to 2003. Previously, he was director of enrollment management and admissions at Western Michigan University and director of admissions at Wichita State University. His roots in enrollment began as an admissions counselor at Michigan State University in 1970–1971.

He also has been deeply involved at the national level of AACRAO, where he served as the association’s first vice president for enrollment management in 1991–93 and as president in 1995–96. He was a founder of the Association’s national SEM Conference, now in its 26th year. He is a frequent contributor to AACRAO publications, including the first history of enrollment management, as well as a frequent presenter at state, regional, and national levels. He is also a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award and the Founders Award for Leadership. In 2014 AACRAO presented Henderson a Lifetime Achievement Award for “Outstanding Leadership in the SEM Profession” and awarded him Honorary Membership in 2015. He continues to serve the association as a senior consultant for AACRAO Consulting.

Henderson earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Michigan State University in 1969 as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and a master’s degree in government from Cornell University in 1971. He also completed course work in the doctoral program at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign.

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