Luke Schultheis, Ph.D., is serving as the Chief Enrollment Officer at Mayville State University. His primary focus is on improving access and specifically, student retention.
Dr. Schultheis was a faculty member, chair, dean and has led enrollment and student retention efforts at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Michigan State University, Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Additionally, Dr. Schultheis has mentored various universities on financial aid and student retention through the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and was elected Vice President for Admissions and Enrollment Management to the Board of Directors for the national enrollment professional association.
His scholarly contributions include authoring numerous book chapters and journal articles on higher education, delivering nearly 100 presentations at national conferences, and serving on several esteemed journal editorial review boards and dissertation committees.
Dr. Schultheis earned his Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Nebraska, a Master’s of Education and a Masters of Arts in Higher Education Administration from Columbia University, a Master’s of Science in Asset Management from New York University, a B.S. in English: Poetry from the City University of New York Baccalaureate Program, and an A.S. from Johnson & Wales University.