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Date November 30, 2022
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Brown establishes Enrollment Division to align recruitment, financial aid and student records

Logan Powell, the University’s dean of undergraduate admission since 2016, will oversee the College Admission, Financial Aid and Registrar offices in the elevated role of associate provost for enrollment.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — To advance collaboration and consistency across its work on student recruitment, financial aid and student records, Brown University has established a new Enrollment Division that will include its College Admission, Financial Aid and Registrar offices.

Provost Richard M. Locke said the strategic shift best positions the University to continue to develop innovative ways to attract the best and brightest students and encourage their success throughout their time at Brown.

“This organizational model of aligning our financial aid, scheduling, student records and undergraduate admission functions is a common one in higher education and — most importantly — will allow us to better serve our students,” Locke wrote in a Wednesday, Nov. 30, announcement to the campus community. “Under the Enrollment Division, these three offices will have clearly defined yet interconnected roles and objectives in order to provide integrated services for students at every phase of their studies at Brown.”

Logan Powell, the University’s dean of undergraduate admission since 2016, will lead the Enrollment Division as associate provost for enrollment. In the elevated role, Powell will retain his role as dean while assuming responsibility for Brown’s enrollment efforts, working in partnership with the constituent offices and schools that currently oversee admissions and recruitment functions for their programs.

Locke said that Powell will bring to the role a broad portfolio of experience and leadership in admissions and student recruitment. In the six years since Powell’s arrival, Brown has seen a 50% increase in first-generation undergraduate student enrollment, Locke noted.

“Logan’s many achievements include an application fee waiver for low-income students, creating new pathways to access; the first ever fly-in program for high-achieving students from low-income, rural backgrounds and small towns; and doubling the amount of funding available to allow all admitted low-income and first-generation students to visit campus for A Day on College Hill,” Locke wrote.

“With this new alignment, we will be able to coordinate communications and systems in a way that will redound to the benefit of students, faculty and staff."

Logan Powell Associate Provost for Enrollment
 
Logan Powell

Prior to joining Brown, Powell worked as the director of admission at Princeton University. He previously served as senior associate dean of admission at Bowdoin College and a senior admissions officer at Harvard University. Powell earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, an Ed.M. from Harvard University, and a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College.

Powell said the new Enrollment Division will be well positioned to address current and future needs of the campus community, and a key early priority will be supporting the staff of each existing office while bringing together the best ideas and strategies for student recruitment, records and financial aid.

“The creation of a dedicated enrollment function will allow Brown to more efficiently address the needs and concerns of prospective and current students,” Powell said. “With this new alignment, we will be able to coordinate communications and systems in a way that will redound to the benefit of students, faculty and staff. We’re excited to build on the great work already being done by the Office of College Admission, the Office of Financial Aid and the Registrar to even better serve the Brown community.”

With the establishment of the Enrollment Division, Brown’s offices of Financial Aid and the Registrar will continue to serve all students, from undergraduates to graduate students, and the Office of College Admission will continue to focus on recruiting for undergraduate programs. Other units across the University — including the Graduate School, School of Professional Studies, Pre-College and many individual academic units — will continue to lead the admission and recruitment efforts for other student populations.

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