ALP: The Admissions Leadership Podcast
Ken Anselment hosts a series of one-on-one conversations with people who have been climbing the leadership mountain in the world of college admissions. Some are nearing the summit. Some are already there. But how did they get there? And what can other climbers learn from their mindsets, habits, and experiences? © Ken Anselment 2024
ALP: The Admissions Leadership Podcast
Jay Jacobs
Jay Jacobs, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management at the University of Vermont, shares a journey that starts with love at first sight (not only with college enrollment as a career but with a higher ed partner) and continues with a rapid ascent in the profession built through intentional career steps (College of New Jersey, Colgate, UChicago Booth School, U of Miami) including a life-changing caravan with three kids under age 3 up I-95 in the middle of winter and the middle of a pandemic.
Shout-outs to Terry Cowdrey, John Haller, Gary Ross, Lynn Holcomb, Karen Long and, of course, Callie Brown Jacobs.
Rapid Descent
- Walkout song: Mother by Danzig
- Best recent read: The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar Pioneering Rivalry that Shaped Rock 'n' Roll by Ian S. Port
- Eager to read next: The Privileged Poor by Anthony Jack
- Favorite podcast: Up First, The Daily, Smartless
- Favorite thing to make in the kitchen: Chicken Florentine ... also breakfast with bacon, eggs, and pancakes.
- What he uses to take and keep notes: Microsoft Notes + a nifty little Quartet desktop whiteboard.
- Memorable bit of advice: His mother advising Jay that "sh!t happens."
- Bucket list: Going to South America + teaching his kids to ski.
Theme music arranged by Ryan Anselment.
The ALP is supported by RHB. Music arranged by Ryan Anselment