The Team

One integrated approach to accountability and results.

Each partner brings 30+ years of experience inside actual institutions, running
programs, managing admissions teams, and building enrollment forecasts.
More than a century of combined operating experience is focused on one
outcome: more enrolled students at small private colleges.

Meet Our Team

Meet Our Expert & Specialist

Dr. Alex Parnia
Enrollment Management

Leads the admissions and enrollment side of every engagement. Designs the admissions operating model, trains recruiters, and embeds the war-room and speed-to-lead disciplines that distinguish highconverting programs.

✓ Admissions audit and diagnostic
✓ Operating rhythm and call flow
✓ FAST qualification training
✓ Faculty integration model
✓ Monthly performance monitoring
Karla Lopez
Digital Marketing

Owns channel strategy, paid media, creative direction, landing pages, and the daily optimization rhythm that protects spend efficiency and tracks every lead to the enrolled student.

✓ Channel strategy and paid media
✓ Creative production
Landing pages and CRM
integration
✓ Full-funnel attribution by source
✓ Weekly performance reporting
Dr. Steve Tyrell
Finance & Feasibility

Determines which institutional programs should launch first online. Builds the financial models, pricing recommendations, and go or no-go decisions that protect the investment from day one.

✓ Readiness assessment
✓ Program-by-program ROI ranking
✓ Financial feasibility modeling
✓ Pricing and discounting strategy
✓ Net revenue projections and ROI beyond break-even
Strategic Lead Generation & Enrollment Excellence

A Full-Funnel Online Enrollment Practice for Small Private Colleges

Mission Vision Values

Small private colleges have always been places where students are known by name, not by number. We believe those institutions deserve to thrive — and we exist to make sure they do. Education Consultants was built to give small private colleges the online enrollment engine they need to reach the growing population of working adults who are looking for exactly what these institutions offer: accredited programs, personal attention, and a college that genuinely cares about their success.

We don’t just generate leads. We build the entire system — from identifying which programs are ready to go online, to marketing them with precision, to training your admissions team to convert working-adult inquiries into enrolled students. Every step is measured, every result is accountable, and every engagement is built around your institution’s mission — not a one-size-fits-all playbook.

We envision a higher education landscape where small private colleges are no longer left behind in the competition for online learners — where the institutions with the deepest commitment to student success also have the strongest tools to reach and serve them.

Our vision is to become the most trusted enrollment growth partner for small private colleges in America: the firm that turns enrollment pressure into opportunity, that proves the online adult-learner market is winnable for institutions under 3,000 students, and that measures its success not in leads delivered, but in students enrolled, programs sustained, and colleges strengthened.

Accountability Over Activity

  • We measure what matters. Every engagement is governed by a scorecard that tracks the full journey from first impression to enrolled student. If a KPI is not being met, we own the corrective action — not the excuse.

Full-Funnel Ownership

  • Most agencies hand you a lead and walk away. We don’t. We stay in the funnel through feasibility, marketing, admissions training, and conversion — because a lead that doesn’t enroll is a cost, not a result.

Expertise Without Ego

  • Our team brings more than a century of combined higher-education experience. We have built online programs, led admissions teams, and managed enrollment forecasts inside real institutions. We are not learning higher education on your dime — we bring what we’ve earned to every engagement.

Mission Alignment

  • We chose this niche because we believe in it. Small private colleges offer something large universities and for-profit chains cannot: a genuinely personal education. We are here to protect and grow that mission by connecting these institutions with the students who need them most.