“We hired The Baker Group with two goals in mind – and sufficiently met both!

1) We wished to deepen our team’s understanding of the challenges that face ,  schools in the enrollment management space – as well as strategies and tactics to meet and overcome these challenges

2) The Baker Group wrote an institutional assessment of the school’s enrollment management opportunities, as a key part of our Foundation’s full institutional assessment for six schools.

• Diocesan Catholic schools face their own unique challenges. This was a new type of client for The Baker Group. The team was quick to learn the landscape and adapt their recommendations accordingly and appropriately.

• The Baker Group developed rapport with our schools, fostering an environment of trust, mutual respect, and transparency (in her on-campus visits)

• The Baker Group brought new admissions tools and resources that are actionable and data-informed, in line with our Foundation’s philosophy

• The Baker Group brought best practices in retention and recruitment that are new to the Catholic school space – helping schools:

  • Understand the breadth of their available market (dispelling limiting beliefs that only families in one’s parish are prospective students)

  • Understand the unique opportunities (and challenges) of their sending zip codes (and beyond) – and how to recruit and retain students accordingly

  • Understand the important role faculty, parents and students must play in a school’s effort to grow (and retain) a healthy student population

  • Understand the importance of leadership (both from the head of school and from a FT advancement professional) to drive enrollment management initiatives.”

Christine Healey  

President, Healey Education Foundation