ENGLISH FACULTY | USA

Delsie Phillips offers more than forty years in enrollment management leadership and higher education consulting, and she has served as an independent consultant in admission and financial aid. She has significant experience working in enrollment management, including Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at highly selective Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, and Vice President for Enrollment Management at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. While serving at Haverford, she established the college’s first international recruiting program. At Lynn and Haverford she modernized and reorganized the admission operation, adding new technology and aggressive marketing strategies. Her experience also includes two years with the College Board’s Higher Education Services unit in the Middle States Regional Office in Philadelphia, which was inspiration for assisting colleges through independent consulting and coaching. Interim consulting positions include Spelman College, University of New Orleans, Newberry College, Franklin University Switzerland, Maine Maritime Academy, St Catherine’s University, and the University of New Haven. She has served on many professional association committees, including The College Board, European Council of International Schools (now CIS), Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling, The Common Application board, and has presented at major conferences and webinars throughout her career on subjects ranging from selective college admission, customer service, international recruiting, essay writing, and marketing. Delsie earned her Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. She later earned a Master of Arts in student personal services in higher education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Her first admission position was at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. She currently lives in the Hudson Valley of New York State.