David H. Kalsbeek, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President
for Enrollment Management and Marketing


David H. Kalsbeek serves as senior vice president for the Division of Enrollment Management and Marketing at DePaul University. His responsibilities encompass undergraduate admission, graduate enrollment and marketing services, financial aid, student records and registration, career center and employer relations, TRIO programs, enrollment and market research and marketing communications.

Since he joined DePaul in 1997, the university has become the nation's largest Catholic university, enrolling 25,000 students in nine colleges and six campuses throughout the greater Chicago region. David and his leadership team have contributed to this success through their role as architects for the marketing and enrollment components of two ambitious university-wide strategic plans, Vision 2006 and the current VISION twenty12.

David is a frequent speaker on issues related to strategic enrollment management and marketing, net revenue planning, financial accessibility, student retention strategy, assessment and research. He has authored chapters in seven books on higher education administration, marketing and enrollment management. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of College Student Retention and College and University Journal and previously served as feature editor for About Campus magazine. He has been a consultant to dozens of colleges, universities and associations on issues related to strategic enrollment management. Visit the EM&M Library for more information about David's presentations and papers.

Prior to joining DePaul, David served as the senior enrollment management administrator at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, and before that at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. David holds a Ph.D. in public policy analysis from Saint Louis University. He earned his master's degree in higher education administration at The Ohio State University and a bachelor of arts from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, where he graduated summa cum laude with a major in philosophy.

David can be reached at (312) 362-8650.

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