With nearly 25 years in higher education, Dr. Amanda Yale serves as the associate provost for Enrollment Services at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. Her areas of responsibility include Undergraduate and Graduate Admissions, Orientation, Financial Aid, Academic Records and Summer School, Retention Services, Academic Services (Academic Advisement, First Year Seminar, Learning Communities, Tutoring, Supplemental Instruction, EOP and TRIO programs, and developmental coursework), Career Services, and Services for Students with Disabilities. She has spent about two thirds of her tenure in higher education working as a faculty member with first year programs and academic advisement services. As a leader in enrollment management, she guides a division focused on improving student learning and success through a process of considering best practices for recruiting and retaining students at the university. Dr. Yale has presented nationally on issues related to first year advisement, first year transition, early-alert and intervention services, freshman seminar, learning communities, academic support services for at-risk students, orientation programming, strategic enrollment management planning, and leading an enrollment management division. She piloted several initiatives which produced national awards and recognitions for exemplary programs and services related to marketing and recruitment initiatives, retention programming, first year initiatives, and academic advisement for Slippery Rock University. Dr. Yale has served as a consultant in these areas for many higher education institutions.