Reid Kisling

Reid Kisling

Reid Kisling serves as Registrar at George Fox University (Newberg, OR). Reid has worked in higher education administration since 1998 in various areas including enrollment planning and extension campus services. He has particular expertise in registrar’s office functions, organizational culture and change, organizational structure, and the effective use of student information systems to drive enrollment services and growth. Recently, he has undertaken a restructuring of his staff to increase the professionalization of many positions in the registrar’s office moving many from non-exempt to exempt administrator positions. These enrollment counselors not only have increased interaction with students but each has become the primary point of contact with specific academic programs for course scheduling and planning, curricular change management, and advising services. In his current role and in his role as an AC Senior Consultant, Reid tries to find ways for institutions to increase the collaboration between student services areas and the academic enterprise of the institution.

Dr. Kisling holds a Master of Theology (Th.M.) from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University. His research interest in character and leadership motivates him to find the connections between leadership and effective organizational function.

Reid previously served as Registrar and Director of Enrollment Management at Dallas Theological Seminary were he oversaw tuition revenue projections as well as enrollment planning. While there, he was instrumental in the creation of an academic advising center in addition to overseeing the operation of the institution’s external campus locations. He has authored several articles on the strategic enrollment planning process as well as student lifecycle management and has presented at the AACRAO SEM conference and other conferences on such topics as enrollment planning, leadership development and succession planning, creating readiness for change, and creating self-advising systems for students.