Enrollment Management Symposium
July 23 & 24, 2026 | Philadelphia, PA
Building the Future of Enrollment Together
The BPS Symposium is a leadership-forward experience that creates space for advanced strategic dialogue, intentional skill-building, and meaningful connection across career stages, all focused on strengthening the future of enrollment. it.
Enrollment leadership isn’t inherited.
It’s built, strengthened, and passed forward.
The Best Practice Solutions Enrollment Management Symposium brings today’s decision-makers and tomorrow’s leaders together to share insight, build capability, and shape the future of enrollment and financial aid, together.
The Best Practice Solutions Enrollment Management Symposium is designed to bring together institutional leaders and practitioners to align strategy, operations, and execution across the enrollment lifecycle. The symposium creates a collaborative space to engage in meaningful dialogue, share best practices, and explore data-informed approaches to improving enrollment outcomes.
Through targeted sessions and peer exchange, the symposium helps participants translate institutional goals into actionable strategies, strengthen cross-functional alignment, and accelerate the adoption of effective practices that drive sustainable enrollment growth and student success.
Two Perspectives. One Purpose.
Veteran Leaders Track
Engage with peers in high-level strategic discussions shaping the future of enrollment and financial aid.
Rising Leaders Track
Gain the insights, frameworks, and skills needed to step into leadership conversations with confidence.
“If you have to choose between a national conference and coming to the symposium, come to the symposium. There are topics you’re not going to get anywhere else. You’re with like-minded folks having the same conversations you’re having at your institution, and you’re getting perspectives you don’t normally get at other venues.”
—Dr. Yosmeriz Roman
Assistant Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, University of Delaware
Scott Van Pelt, Keynote Speaker
Scott Van Pelt, along with Arthur Levine (President, Brandeis University), is co-author of "The Great Upheaval: Higher Education's Past, Present, and Uncertain Future" and its sequel, "From Upheaval to Action: What Works in Changing Higher Ed." Drawing on the trends explored in these books, Scott has presented on the factors shaping the future of higher education to state education systems, faculty associations, and colleges and universities across North America.
Professionally, Scott has held a diversity of roles across higher education in areas such as academic advising, admissions, instructional technology, and teaching and learning. Currently, he is the Director of Research and Faculty Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. In this role, Scott designs programs and initiatives to support faculty success at Penn GSE. He is also an experienced educator and facilitator and has taught courses, workshops, and other learning engagements for organizations such as the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn GSE, and the Fulbright Scholars Program.
Lessons Learned from Past Symposia
Symposium Testimonial #1
Mary Lawyer | Siena University
Symposium Testimonial #2
Amanda Steele Middleton | University of Delaware