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Higher ed’s toughest challenges, matched with the people who’ve solved them.

Every challenge is different, so every approach is too. Whether it’s enrollment strategy, financial aid, forecasting, or communications and social strategy, we pair you with the right expert. Work with us directly, or alongside MeetYourClass and Reach.

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Meet our experts

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Meet our experts

Ashley Kern

Founder of SightLine,
MeetYourClass CSO

Laurie Koehler

Led enrollment at
six institutions

Jenny Li Fowler

Director of Social
Media at MIT

Nikki Sunstrum

Led social at University of Michigan

Jim Bouse

Past president of
AACRAO

Laura Rudolph

Founder of Square
One Consulting

Scott Cline

Past president of
WASFAA and CASFAA

Ashley Kern

Founder of SightLine,
MeetYourClass CSO

Laurie Koehler

Led enrollment at
six institutions

Jenny Li Fowler

Director of Social
Media at MIT

Nikki Sunstrum

Led social at University of Michigan

Jim Bouse

Past president of
AACRAO

Laura Rudolph

Founder of Square
One Consulting

Scott Cline

Past president of
WASFAA and CASFAA

MeetYourClass Consulting was comes from our acquisition of SightLine. Read the announcement →

Solution areas across the full student lifecycle

Every engagement is a white-glove solution: you buy only what you need.

Solution areas across the full student lifecycle

Every engagement is a white-glove solution: you buy only what you need.

Enrollment & Retention

Enrollment & Retention Strategy

Data-derived market analysis, strategic enrollment management plans, yield strategy, retention frameworks, and student success strategy.

Led by

Laurie

Ashley

Enrollment Marketing & Slate

Enrollment marketing strategy operationalized directly in your Slate CRM: campaigns, journeys, and audience insight.

Led by

Laura

Financial Aid & Forecasting

Financial Aid Optimization

Aid leveraging, net-price strategy, and what-if scenario modeling that grows net revenue while protecting access.

Led by

Ashley

Scott

Enrollment & Aid Forecasting

Precision projections for enrollment, retention, and aid spend, so you can plan your class and budget with confidence.

Led by

Ashley

Communications & Brand

Social Media & Content

Content and creator strategy, peer benchmarks, and performance reporting that show what’s working and what to try next.

Led by

Jenny

Strategic Communications & Brand

Integrated marketing, brand voice, and messaging that stay consistent across every college, office, and channel.

Led by

Nikki

Laura

Crisis Communications & Risk Mitigation

Social monitoring, response planning, and leadership-ready reporting to monitor, mitigate, and manage reputational risk.

Led by

Nikki

Leadership, Change & Technology

Executive Positioning & Thought Leadership

Narrative development and visibility that position your president and senior leaders as trusted, credible voices.

Led by

Nikki

Coaching & Change Management

Executive coaching, team alignment, and change management that turn plans into implemented, lasting progress.

Led by

Laurie

Scott

Nikki

Technology Adoption & AI Governance

Campus-wide tool adoption, CRM and systems strategy, and responsible AI policy, so the tools you invest in actually get used.

Led by

Jim

A hand-selected team of higher ed practitioners

Meet our senior leaders who have run enrollment divisions, rebuilt aid models, led data science teams, managed major social brands in higher ed, and shaped national conversations.

Ashley Kern, M.S.

Chief Strategy Officer, MeetYourClass · Founder of SightLine

Ashley builds the models that tell enrollment leaders what’s coming and how to build their strategy for the future.

She spent more than a decade leading SightLine, the higher ed data science consultancy she founded, before it was acquired by MeetYourClass. Now Chief Strategy Officer at MeetYourClass, she still does the work: custom modeling and analysis for enrollment strategy, financial aid optimization, pricing and market positioning, and enrollment and financial aid forecasting. What sets her apart is translation: turning complex data into clear, executive-ready stories that become strategy.

Predictive Modeling

Financial Aid Optimization

Enrollment Strategy

Market Analysis

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Laurie Koehler, M.Ed.

Enrollment & Retention Strategy · Leadership Coach

Laurie builds the enrollment strategies and the teams that make them last.

Enrollment Management

Retention & Student Success

Executive Coaching

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Jenny Li Fowler

Social Media Strategy · Director of Social Media Strategy at MIT

Jenny knows how to turn a social presence into a community.

Social Media Strategy

Community Building

Content Strategy

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Nikki Sunstrum, M.Ed.

Executive Communications & Brand Positioning · Executive Coach

Nikki helps leaders and institutions say the right thing when it matters most.

Executive Coaching

Brand Strategy

Crisis & Risk Mitigation

Leadership & Change

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Jim Bouse, MBA

Enrollment Technology & AI Governance

Jim helps institutions modernize enrollment operations and put data and AI to work responsibly.

Enrollment Technology

AI Governance

CRM & Systems

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Laura Rudolph, M.S.

Enrollment Marketing · Slate Implementation

Laura takes enrollment marketing from strategy all the way into Slate.

Slate CRM Build-out

Enrollment Marketing

Audience Insight

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Scott Cline, Ed.D.

Financial Aid Optimization & Implementation

Scott turns financial aid strategy into something your team can actually execute.

Financial Aid Optimization

Aid Implementation

Enrollment Strategy

Executive Coaching

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Get more from MeetYourClass, Reach, your data, and your students

Already using MeetYourClass or Reach? They work hard for you. Pair them with one of our experts to take your results even further. For campus-wide Reach rollouts, choose support for leadership, for your social team, or both.

MeetYourClass Community

Get more from MeetYourClass

Turn your admitted-student social community into a yield engine: personalized, Slate-integrated communication flows that adapt to each student’s interests, decision stage, and engagement level, all drawn from MeetYourClass.

Led by

Laura

Ashley

MeetYourClass Data

Get more from your data

Combine powerful student-reported cross-app and commitment data from MeetYourClass with the entire student funnel: custom predictive models for enrollment forecasting and sharper, more targeted outreach.

Led by

Ashley

For leadership

Get more from Reach: campus‑wide social media strategy

Make social media a campus-wide win. Governance and policy that connect every social account, change management that drives adoption of Reach, social media reporting that shows your president what matters, and a monitor–mitigate–manage approach to reputational risk on social.

Led by

Nikki

Jim

For your social team

Get more from Reach: day‑to‑day social media

Hands-on support for the team running your social accounts: creator and content strategy for each platform, what’s performing on social at peer institutions, and mentorship that turns your Reach data into trends and post ideas.

Led by

Jenny

Student creator programs

Get more from your student creators

Recruit, train, and support student workers and ambassadors who create social content that sounds authentically like your campus: hands-on workshops plus ongoing support to keep your student voice on-brand all year long.

Led by

Jenny

Nikki

Voices shaping the higher ed conversation

Beyond solving higher ed’s toughest challenges, our experts help shape the field. They host podcasts, publish research, and keynote national conferences. Here is a sampling of their recent work.