Client Experiences
Susan Dileno, Vice President of Enrollment Management, Mount Saint Mary’s University
“I hired BFE Blueprint to help us create an international recruitment plan. As a newcomer to Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, I was surprised there was little international recruitment activity, let alone a plan. Steve Castles, from BFE Blueprint, did an outstanding job creating a plan for us in a short amount of time. His work entailed extensive research on potential international markets, prioritization of markets, review of our recruitment and admission practices, and implementing processes that enhanced the international student experience. He provided a road map to the international market that we are still using two years later and it has proven to be invaluable given staff turnover.”
Chris Whittey, Department Head, Vennerberg Chair of Art and Professor of Art, Oklahoma State University
“I first met BFE Blueprint’s Robert Borden many years ago when we worked together at a small art and design college. We were faced with the challenge of a college that truly struggled to grow enrollment. Bob was the VP of Enrollment Management then and we worked together to build a strategy which included dramatically increasing international enrollment. Under Bob’s thoughtful leadership, that figure rose from 2% to 14% of our student population, a real game-changer for that institution.
Later, I worked at a much larger, public university, and based on my confidence in Bob and BFE Blueprint, I hired them to consult with us, again to increase enrollment in one of our very small programs. Following many conversations with the key players, a rigorous environmental scan of our competitors, and detailed research into how we might differentiate our program from all the others (an especially helpful result of their good work), Bob and BFE Blueprint came through for us and delivered a comprehensive plan to grow our enrollment.
I have now served five institutions of higher learning, private and public, and can without reservation assert that Bob and the Blueprint team are the most knowledgeable and dedicated enrollment team I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Every member of the group is a consummate, results-driven professional.”