JONATHAN Wexler, ED.D.
Consultant
Area of Expertise: Undergraduate & Graduate Admissions, Financial Aid Leveraging & Net Tuition Revenue Modeling, and NCAA Division I and III Athletics
Dr. Jonathan Wexler is the vice president for enrollment management and is responsible for setting long- and short-range strategies for the Office of Enrollment Management in recruiting undergraduate, full- and part-time graduate, and international students. He also oversees the Office of Financial Aid.
As the chief enrollment officer at Rensselaer, Dr. Wexler oversees the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, the Office of Graduate Admissions, the Office of Financial Aid, and the Office of Pipeline Programs. Under Dr. Wexler’s leadership, the Institute has seen record enrollments. In addition, Rensselaer has experienced significant growth in the number of women and students of color who have enrolled.
Before joining Rensselaer, Dr. Wexler served as vice president for enrollment management at Fairleigh Dickinson University, associate vice president for enrollment at the University of Puget Sound, dean of undergraduate admissions at Polytechnic University, and director of graduate recruitment at Drexel University.
Dr. Wexler received his doctoral degree in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania, his master’s degree in higher education administration from the University of South Carolina, and dual bachelor’s degrees in political science and communications from Goucher College, where he currently serves as an executive member of the board of trustees.
Dr. Wexler has a particular research interest in the causation and process of mergers in higher education. He is a strong proponent of proactivity in frequently assessing institutional financial health. He has developed a merger runway index (MRI) to determine the point at which the possibility of a merger should be considered.