ENROLLMENT INTELLIGENCE NOW AND OUR PRINCIPAL CONSULTANTS
Coaching – Mentoring – Advising – Improving Results
Enrollment Intelligence Now, LLC
Enrollment Management Consulting Firm
Our History
After retiring from full time campus-based work in 2019 and 2020, long-time colleagues and friends Robert (Bob) Massa and William (Bill) Conley formed Enrollment Intelligence NOW® (EIN). A different type of higher education enrollment consulting firm, they specialize in coaching new leaders to perfect the “soft skills” they need to succeed in the “pressure cooker” job enrollment management positions has become.
Collaboration, mentoring staff, managing up and down, working with faculty, boards, and the senior leadership team, communication skills, writing for the higher education press, public speaking…. these are all critical skills that a new VP or dean need to succeed and get “up to speed” in the first year.
The “NOW” in EIN means that one or both principals are available to you when you need them, working with presidents and enrollment leaders in an advisory capacity to help address specific challenges immediately as they arise and, in a planning environment, to guide the development of enrollment strategies for small colleges.
Your Trusted Advisors
Guiding New Deans & VPs to Enrollment Success
Robert “Bob” Massa and William “Bill” Conley, veterans of higher education with 85 years combined on-campus experience and a proven track record of success, know the pressure cooker you’re facing.
We’re not just higher education enrollment consultants; we’re mentors, coaches, and advisors ready to help you thrive. Our specialty is coaching and mentoring new deans and vice presidents of admissions or enrollment.
Master the “soft skills”: Collaboration, staff leadership, communication, public speaking – we’ll guide you through it all.
Get up to speed, fast: Leverage our experience and our passion for small colleges to shorten your learning curve and make an immediate impact.
On-demand support: We’re available when you need us, whether it’s tackling specific challenges or navigating strategic planning.
Proven results: See what colleagues and clients say about working with Enrollment Intelligence NOW
Are you ready to improve your results? As college enrollment consultants, we’re here to guide you.
Dr. Robert Massa has been an enrollment professional in higher education since 1974. Retiring in 2019 after four years as the senior vice president for enrollment and planning at Drew University, Bob Massa began his career in admissions and financial aid at Colgate University. He joined the staff at Union College in 1980 and became the dean of enrollment at Johns Hopkins University in 1989.
In 1999, he moved to Dickinson College as their Vice President for Enrollment and College Relations, a position he held for ten years. He served his son’s alma mater, Lafayette College, as Vice President for Marketing and Communications from 2009-2014.
After a very brief “first” retirement, he joined Drew University in January 2015. He was the founding chair of the Character Collaborative (now NACAC’s Character Focus Initiative), and from 2019-2023, he served as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California, teaching in the Masters of Education program.
Massa is a frequent speaker at national conferences on the strategic use of data modeling in admissions, the role of scholarships and financial aid in the student recruitment process, tuition pricing strategies, the changing nature of admissions marketing, and the use of non-academic qualities in admissions. He writes on these and other major issues in higher education, having published chapters in three books and editorials/articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Forbes, Private Colleges & Universities, and several national journals.
Education
University of Rochester, BA
Columbia University, EdD
Bill Conley’s admissions and enrollment career began in 1980 after three years as an AP History teacher and three-sport coach at Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J. Retiring in July 2020 following eight years as vice president for enrollment management at Bucknell University, Conley started his higher education career at Lafayette College in 1980.
In 1984, he joined Drew University as director of admissions and was appointed dean of admissions at Case Western Reserve University in 1990. After a successful twelve-year tenure, he served as dean of enrollment and academic services at Johns Hopkins University until departing for Bucknell in 2012. Over the span of forty years, Conley has improved admissions metrics at each institution served and developed long-term strategic infrastructure to ensure ongoing recruitment and retention performance.
Conley has also maintained an active role in professional organizations. He currently serves on the College Board’s Enrollment Leadership Group (ELG) and has served as NJACAC President, Vice President for Professional Development (NACAC), and director of NACAC’s MECA (Management Experience in College Admissions) professional workshop. A recipient of two ED Press Awards, Conley’s writing has appeared in USA Today, Chronicle of Higher Education, School Principal, Private Colleges and Universities, and he was a contributor to 50 College Admission Directors Speak to Parents. Conley is a longtime peer reviewer for the Johns Hopkins University Press. He is widely quoted in print and digital media and speaks frequently on issues related to higher education.
Education
Colgate University, BA
Harvard University, M.Ed.
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